Martin G. WENKE and Dakota M. Wenke, a minor, by his Guardian ad Litem, Lynn R. Laufenberg, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners,
v.
GEHL COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, Defendant-Respondent.
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Oral argument April 27, 2004.
Decided July 7, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For the plaintiffs-appellants-petitioners there were briefs by Lynn R. Laufenberg and Laufenberg & Hoefle, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Lynn R. Laufenberg.
For the defendant-respondent there was a brief by Francis H. LoCoco, Daniel J. LaFave and Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Daniel J. LaFave.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Colleen D. Ball, Wauwatosa, on behalf of Deere & Company.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Mark S. Olson and Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP, Minneapolis, MN, on behalf of Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Ralph A. Weber, Beth Ermatinger Hanan and Gass Weber Mullins LLC, Milwaukee, on behalf of Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Ralph A. Weber, Beth Ermatinger Hanan and Gass Weber Mullins LLC, Milwaukee, on behalf of Case LLC.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by William C. Gleisner, III and Law Offices of William Gleisner, Milwaukee; David M. Skoglind and Aiken & Scoptur, S.C., Milwaukee, on behalf of the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
¶ 1. DAVID T. PROSSER, J.
This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals.1 The issue presented is whether Landis v. Physicians Insurance Co., 2001 WI 86, 245 Wis.2d 1, 628 N.W.2d 893, functionally overrules that part of the holding in Leverence v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty,158 Wis.2d 64
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