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STATE FARM MUT. INS. CO. v. FORD MOTOR CO.

No. 97-2594.

225 Wis.2d 305 (1999)

592 N.W.2d 201

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, Defendant-Respondent, v. NEENAH MENASHA FORD, ABC Company, a fictitious company, and ABC Insurance Company, a fictitious insurance company, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 4, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff there were briefs by Patrick J. Coffey and Menn, Nelson, Sharratt, Teetaert & Beisenstein, Ltd., Appleton and oral argument by Patrick J. Coffey.

For the defendant respondent there was a brief by Peter J. Hickey, Jeffrey T. DeMeuse and Everson, Whitney, Everson & Brehm, Green Bay and Karen Kies DeGrand, Mark M. Burden and Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth, Chicago, IL and oral argument by Terry E. Johnson of Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., Milwaukee.

¶ 1. WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

It is established law in Wisconsin that the economic loss doctrine bars tort recovery for economic loss suffered by commercial entities. This case requires us to determine whether the economic loss doctrine also applies to consumer transactions. The circuit court concluded that the economic loss doctrine bars tort damages for purely economic losses in consumer transactions. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm...

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