JANDRT v. JEROME FOODS, INC.

No. 98-0885.

227 Wis.2d 531 (1999)

597 N.W.2d 744

Todd JANDRT, a minor, by his Guardian ad Litem, Larry B. Brueggeman, Kristine K. Kinsley Stoeklen, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Mitchell J. Kinsley, deceased, Tierney Liazuk, a minor, by her Guardian ad Litem, Larry B. Brueggeman, Plaintiffs, v. JEROME FOODS, INC., Defendant-Respondent, Monica JANDRT, Jodi Liazuk and Kristen K. Kinsley Stoeklen, Third-Party Defendants, PREVIANT, GOLDBERG, UELMEN, GRATZ, MILLER & BRUEGGEMAN, S.C., Judgment Debtor-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 7, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the judgment debtor-appellant there were briefs by Thomas W. St. John, Matthew W. O'Neill and Friebert, Finerty & St. John, S.C., Milwaukee and of counsel, Joe Thrasher and Thrasher, Doyle, Pelish & Franti, Ltd., Rice Lake and oral argument by Thomas W. St. John.

For the defendant-respondent there were briefs by James R. Troupis, Steven P. Means and Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP, Madison and David F. Girard-diCarlo, James T. Smith, Laurence S. Shtasel, Lisa A. Rosenblatt-Kaplan and Blank, Rome, Comisky & McCauley, LLP, Philadelphia, PA and oral argument by James R. Troupis and James T. Smith.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert A. Slattery and Slattery & Hausman, Ltd. And James D. Ryberg and Kelly & Ryberg, S.C., Eau Claire for the American Board of Trial Advocates.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Mark L. Thomsen and Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Brookfield and William C. Gleisner, III and Hausmann-McNally, S.C., Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.


¶ 1. DONALD W. STEINMETZ, J.

This case is before us on certification from the court of appeals, pursuant to Wis. Stat. § (Rule) 809.61 (1997-98). Debtor-appellant appeals a judgment of the Circuit Court for Barron County, the Honorable Edward R. Brunner.

¶ 2. On May 9, 1995, Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, S.C. (Previant firm) filed this lawsuit on behalf of three children born with birth defects. The lawsuit alleged...

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