CHRIST v. EXXON MOBIL CORP.

No. 2012AP1493.

866 N.W.2d 602 (2015)

362 Wis.2d 668

2015 WI 58

Donald CHRIST, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Gail P. Christ, deceased, Jacqueline Radosevich, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Gary Radosevich, deceased, Mary Jane Beaulieu, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of William Beaulieu, deceased, Paul Clark, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Sharon A. Clark, deceased, Betty Grosvold, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Victor M. Grosvold, deceased, Dianne Pederson, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Mae H. Heath, deceased, Carrie Duss, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Mary Henneman, deceased and Arlene Christ, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Respondents, Deborah Sherwood, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Gerald F. Conley, deceased, Randy S. Hermundson, individually, Darlene Insteness, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert A. Insteness, deceased, Joyce Jensen, individually, Jean M. Leskinen, individually, Paul T. Manny, Anita Manny, Douglas Winrich, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Barbara Winrich, deceased, Barbara Nelson, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Terry Nelson, deceased, Faye Reiter, individually, Donald Schindler, individually and Jean Ruf, individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Richard R. Ruf, deceased, Plaintiffs, v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, Sunoco, Inc., Texaco Downstream Properties, Inc., Four Star Oil and Gas Company, BP Products North America, Inc. and Ashland Chemical Company Division of Ashland, Inc., Defendants-Respondents-Cross-Appellants-Petitioners. Shell Chemical, L.P., Cornerstone Natural Gas Company and Shell Oil Company, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-respondents-cross-appellants-petitioners, there were briefs by Dennis M. Sullivan , Michael A. Hughes , Larry Chilton , and Chilton Yambert Porter LLP, Madison, and oral argument by Dennis M. Sullivan.

For the plaintiffs-appellants-cross-respondents, there was a brief by Matthew A. Biegert , Michael J. Brose , and Doar, Drill & Skow, S.C., New Richmond; Michael R. Sieben and Sieben Polk, P.A., Hastings, MN; Richard Alexander and Alexander Law Group, LLP, San Jose, CA; and Mandy Hawes , San Jose, CA. Oral argument by Matthew A. Biegert.


¶ 1 This is a review of an unpublished opinion and order of the court of appeals,1 which summarily reversed a grant of summary judgment in favor of Exxon Mobil Corp. et al., by the Eau Claire County Circuit Court, Lisa K. Stark, Judge.

¶ 2 The case involves the viability of certain...

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