JOHNSON v. CINTAS CORP. NO. 2

No. 2009AP2549.

794 N.W.2d 475 (2010)

2011 WI App 5

Robert JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CINTAS CORPORATION NO. 2, Defendant-Appellant, United Healthcare, Defendant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: November 17, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendant-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Terry E. Johnson and Ahndrea R. Van   Den Elzen of Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C., Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiff-respondent, the cause was submitted on the brief of Robert I. DuMez and John V. O'Connor of O'Connor, DuMez, Alia & McTernan, S.C. of Kenosha.

Before BROWN, C.J., NEUBAUER, P.J., and ANDERSON, J.


NEUBAUER, P.J.

¶ 1 Cintas Corporation No. 2 (Cintas No. 2) appeals from a default judgment entered in favor of its employee, Robert Johnson. Cintas No. 2 contends the default judgment, entered immediately after the trial court permitted amendment of the pleadings to name Cintas No. 2, is void because the original summons and complaint named the wrong corporate entity—its parent, Cintas Corporation. We agree. Because personal jurisdiction is acquired by...

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