SOPHA v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORP.

No. 98-1343.

230 Wis.2d 212 (1999)

601 N.W.2d 627

Margaret M. SOPHA, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert W. Sopha, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation, Rapid American Corporation, Owens-Illinois, Inc., Building Service Industrial Sales Co., Inc., Allied Insulation Supply Co., Inc., Sprinkmann Sons Corporation, Milwaukee Insulation Co., Inc., All-Temp Insulation Inc., GAF Corporation, Armstrong World Industries, Asbestos Claim Management Corporation, and Amchem Products, Inc., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided October 27, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant there were briefs by Bruce A. Ranta and Cunningham & Lyons, S.C., Milwaukee and oral argument by Bruce A. Ranta.

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief by Trevor J. Will, G. Michael Halfenger, Marti L. Schreier and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee and oral argument by Trevor J. Will.


¶ 1. SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This case comes before the court on certification of the court of appeals pursuant to Wis. Stat. § (Rule) 809.61 (1997-98).1 Margaret Sopha, individually and the Estate of Robert Sopha, acting through the special administrator Margaret Sopha, the plaintiffs, appeals an order of the Circuit Court for Dane County, Gerald C. Nichol, Judge. The order granted the motion of Owens-Corning Fiberglas...

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