WHIRLPOOL CORP. v. ZIEBERT

No. 93-3307.

188 Wis.2d 453 (1994)

525 N.W.2d 128

WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, a foreign corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Sharon ZIEBERT, Defendant, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, a foreign insurance company, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jaclyn ZIEBERT, Third Party Defendant-Intervenor-Respondent, Kenneth ZIEBERT, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and Blain Supply, Inc., Third Party Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 25, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-third party plaintiff-appellant, Allstate Insurance Company, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Robert J. Lauer and Christine M. Benson of Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, S.C., of counsel, of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, Whirlpool Corporation, the cause was submitted on the briefs of J. Ric Gass, Mary S. Ogorchock, and Mark W. Rattan of Kravit Gass & Weber, S.C., of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the third party defendant-intervenorrespondent, Jaclyn Ziebert, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Paul R. Van Grunsven of Techmeier & Van Grunsven, S.C., of Milwaukee.

Before Wedemeyer, P.J., Sullivan and Fine, JJ.


FINE, J.

When she was approximately three and one-half years old, Jaclyn Ziebert was helping her mother Sharon Ziebert grind meat in a meat grinder manufactured by Whirlpool Corporation. She caught her hand in the grinder, and was injured. Jaclyn and her parents sued Whirlpool and the store where the Zieberts purchased the meat grinder. Whirlpool seeks contribution from Sharon Ziebert and Allstate Insurance Company, the Zieberts' homeowner's insurance carrier, alleging...

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