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ESTATE OF COOK v. GRAN-AIRE, INC.

No. 93-0876.

182 Wis.2d 330 (1994)

513 N.W.2d 652

ESTATE OF Richard COOK, by the Personal Representative, Linda J. Cook, and Linda J. Cook, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Joshua R. COOK, Jessica A. Cook, and Jennifer L. Cook, minors, by their Guardian ad Litem, Roy E. Wagner, Plaintiffs, v. GRAN-AIRE, INC., and ABC Insurance Company, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 9, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Timothy J. Aiken and Kelly L. Centofanti of Aiken & Scoptur, S.C. of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Timothy J. Aiken.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Eric J. Van Vugt, Margaret C. Kelsey and Nora M. Platt of Quarles & Brady of Milwaukee. There was oral argument by Eric J. Van Vugt.

Before Anderson, P.J., Brown and Snyder, JJ.

BROWN, J.

This case concerns whether strict products liability law applies in a fatal airplane crash that killed an aerobatics flight student and his instructor, an employee of the airplane's owner. In Dippel v. Sciano, 37 Wis.2d 443, 155 N.W.2d 55 (1967), our supreme court adopted strict products liability for sellers and manufacturers who place a defective and unreasonably...

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