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HANSEN v. CROWN CONTROLS CORP.

No. 92-3214.

181 Wis.2d 673 (1993)

512 N.W.2d 509

Mark L. HANSEN, Carol Hansen, Melissa Hansen, a minor, by her Guardian ad Litem, Thadd J. Llaurado, Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. CROWN CONTROLS CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, and International Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided December 7, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Ralph A. Weber, Brian G. Cahill, and Paul F. Heaton of Kravit, Gass & Weber, S.C., of Milwaukee, and John C. Aisenbrey of Stinson, Mag & Fizzell, of Kansas City, Missouri. There was oral argument by Ralph A. Weber.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James J. Murphy of Murphy, Gillick, Wicht & Prachthauser, of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by James J. Murphy.

Amicus Curiae brief was filed by Lynn R. Laufenberg and Mark L. Thomsen of Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., of Milwaukee, for the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers. There was oral argument by Lynn R. Laufenberg.

Amicus Curiae brief was filed by Jon P. Christiansen and James L. Huston of Foley & Lardner, of Milwaukee, for Product Liability Council, Inc., and Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce. There was oral argument by James L. Huston.

Before Sullivan, Fine and Schudson, JJ.

FINE, J.

Crown Controls Corporation and International Insurance Company, Crown's excess-liability insurer, appeal from a judgment against them. The judgment was entered on a jury verdict awarding damages to the plaintiffs for injuries sustained by Mark L. Hansen when the dockboard on which he was driving a forklift truck collapsed. Crown, which manufactured the forklift truck, asserts that the trial court erred: (1) in formulating its jury instructions and the special...

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