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SPRINGER v. NOHL ELECTRIC PRODUCTS CORP.

No. 2015AP829.

912 N.W.2d 1 (2018)

381 Wis.2d 438

2018 WI 48

Penny L. SPRINGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NOHL ELECTRIC PRODUCTS CORPORATION, General Refractories Company, Dana Sealing Products, LLC, John Crane, Inc., Union Carbide Corporation, Rockbestos Surprenant Cable Corporation a/k/a Rockbestos Products Corp and RSCC Wire & Cable, Inc., Garlock Sealing Technologies LLC, Anchor Packing Company, Inc., Gaskets, Inc., Cincinnati Valve Company, Leslie Controls, Inc. and Trac Regulator Company, Inc., Defendants, Powers Holdings, Inc. and Fire Brick Engineers Company, Inc., Defendants-Respondents-Petitioners, Secure Horizons by United Health Care Insurance Company, Subrogated Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed: May 15, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-respondents-petitioners, there were briefs by George S. Peek , Eric D. Carlson , Benjamin A. Sparks , and Crivello Carlson, S.C., Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Eric D. Carlson.

For the plaintiff-appellant, there was a brief by Kathryn A. Keppel and Gimbel, Reilly, Guerin & Brown LLP, Milwaukee, with whom on the brief was Ronald G. Tays and Tays Law Office, Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by Ronald G. Tays.

¶ 1 When one company purchases the assets of another, our law normally does not make the former responsible for the latter's liabilities. There are exceptions to that rule, however, such as when the parties use the transaction to fraudulently escape responsibility for those liabilities. Notwithstanding the great age of this...

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