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S.J.D. v. MENTOR CORP

No. 90-0739.

159 Wis.2d 261 (1990)

463 N.W.2d 873

S.J.D., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MENTOR CORPORATION, The St. Paul Companies, Inc., ABC Insurance Company and Central Life Assurance Co., Defendants-Respondents, WAUKESHA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James R. Eilman of Eilman and Sakar of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Trevor J. Will and Michael P. Van Alstine of Foley and Lardner of Milwaukee.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Brown and Scott, JJ.

NETTESHEIM, P.J.

S.J.D. appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his claim for negligent manufacture of a prosthetic device on the grounds that the claim was barred by the three-year statute of limitations set forth in sec. 893.54, Stats. The sole issue on appeal is whether S.J.D.'s cause of action accrued when a doctor advised him to have the device surgically removed or, some sixty days later, when the same doctor inspected the device during surgery. Based on...

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