Clarence SEDBROOK, Carol Sedbrook, Sara Sedbrook, a minor; and Connecticut Indemnity Co., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
ZIMMERMAN DESIGN GROUP, LTD., f/k/a Brust & Brust Architects, Continental Casualty Company/CNA Insurance, Defendants-Co-Appellants,
MITCHELL, PACE & ASSOCIATES, INC., f/k/a J. M. Mitchell Products Co., Inc., EG&G, Inc., and Van Noorden Company, Inc., Defendants-Respondents,
ROHM & HAAS COMPANY, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Co-Appellant,
E. VAN NOORDEN COMPANY, Defendant,
LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Third Party Defendant-Respondent.
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Submitted on briefs September 14, 1994.
Decided December 1, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For the plaintiffs-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of James J. Kriva and Patti J. Kurth of Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, S.C. of Milwaukee.
For the defendants-co-appellants the cause was submitted on the briefs of W. Wayne Siesennop, Michael Aldana, and M. Susan Maloney of Godfrey, Braun & Hayes of Milwaukee.
For the defendant-third party plaintiff-co-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Richard K. Nordeng of Stafford, Rosenbaum, Rieser & Hansen of Madison.
For the defendant-respondent Mitchell, Pace & Associates, Inc., the cause was submitted on the brief of Frank A. Scherkenbach, Russell A. Klingaman, and Jeffrey S. Fertl of Hinshaw & Culbertson of Milwaukee.
For the defendants-respondents EG&G, Inc., and Van Noorden Company, Inc., and third party defendant-respondent Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., the cause was submitted on the brief of Steven C. Zach of Boardman, Suhr, Curry & Field of Madison.
Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Dykman, J.
Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.
EICH, C.J.
This is a products liability action in which the plaintiffs and certain defendants appeal from a summary judgment dismissing two defendants from the action: the successor corporation to the original manufacturer of the allegedly defective product and the product's distributor.
The questions presented for review are: (1) whether the successor corporation assumed its predecessor's strict-liability obligations...
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