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BITTNER v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.

No. 91-3067.

194 Wis.2d 122 (1995)

533 N.W.2d 476

Russell J. BITTNER by Ella Bittner, his guardian, Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner, v. AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR Co., INC., a foreign corporation, Honda Motor Co., Ltd., a foreign corporation, Honda Research & Development Co., Ltd., Defendants-Respondents, DODGE COUNTY, a Wisconsin municipal corporation, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Lynn R. Laufenberg, William M. Cannon, Patrick O. Dunphy, Mark L. Thomasen and Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Milwaukee and oral argument by Patrick O. Dunphy.

For the defendant-respondent there was a brief by Richard A. Bowman, Wayne D. Struble and Bowman & Brooke, Minneapolis, MN and Thomas C. Ewing, Bernard J. Bobber and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee and oral argument by Wayne D. Struble.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Professor Daniel D. Blinka and Marquette Law School and Frank A. Scherkenbach, Russell A. Klingaman and Hinshaw & Culbertson, all of Milwaukee, for The Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert L. Jaskulski and Domnitz, Mawicke, Goisman & Rosenberg, S.C., Milwaukee, for The Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Bittner v. American Honda Motor Co., Inc., 181 Wis.2d 93, 511 N.W.2d 325 (Ct. App. 1993), which affirmed a judgment of the circuit court for Dodge County, Joseph E. Schultz, Circuit Judge. The judgment, entered on a jury's verdict in favor of the defendant...

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