GLASSEY v. CONTINENTAL INS. CO.

No. 91-2490.

176 Wis.2d 587 (1993)

500 N.W.2d 295

Victor GLASSEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, The DeVilbiss Company and Champion Spark Plug Company, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 3, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant there were briefs (in the court of appeals) by Robert G. Dowling and Shneidman, Myers, Dowling & Blumenfield, Milwaukee and oral argument by Robert G. Dowling.

For the defendants-respondents there was brief (in the court of appeals) by Donald M. Lieb and Otjen, Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb & Weir, S.C. and oral argument by Donald M. Lieb.


JON P. WILCOX, J.

This case comes to the court on certification from the court of appeals pursuant to sec. (Rule) 809.61, Stats. The plaintiff-appellant, Victor Glassey, appeals from a judgment of the circuit court dismissing, on its merits, his strict products liability claim against the defendant-respondent, The DeVilbiss Company. We conclude, as did the circuit court, that a strict products liability action cannot be...

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