WENKE v. GEHL CO.

No. 01-2649.

267 Wis.2d 221 (2003)

2003 WI App 189

669 N.W.2d 789

Martin G. WENKE and Dakota M. Wenke, a minor, by his Guardian ad Litem, Lynn R. Laufenberg, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GEHL COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided August 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Lynn R. Laufenberg of Laufenberg & Hoefle, S.C., Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Francis H. LoCoco and Daniel J. La Fave of Quarles & Brady, LLP, Milwaukee.

A nonparty brief was filed by Ralph A. Weber and Beth Ermatinger Hanan of Reinhart, Boerner, Van Deuren, S.C. of Milwaukee for Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.

A nonparty brief was filed by William C. Gleisner, III, of Madison, and David M. Skoglind of Aiken & Scoptur, S.C. of Milwaukee for Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

Before Brown, Nettesheim and Snyder, JJ.


¶ 1. SNYDER, J.

Martin G. Wenke and Dakota M. Wenke, a minor, (collectively, Wenke) appeal from a summary judgment in favor of Gehl Company (Gehl). Wenke argues that the circuit court failed to distinguish between a statute of limitations and a statute of repose; specifically, Wenke argues that the circuit court misconstrued the significance of Landis v. Physicians Insurance Co. of Wisconsin, Inc., 2001 WI 86...

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