MURPHY v. COLUMBUS McKINNON CORP.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-respondent-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Larry J. Britton , Shannon M. Trevithick , Debora F. Pagel, Esq. , Kevin J. English , Erin E. Connare , and Britton & Associates, S.C., Mequon, and Phillips Lytle LLP, Buffalo. There was an oral argument by Kevin J. English , introduced by Shannon M. Trevithick .

For the plaintiff-appellant, there was a brief filed by Douglas J. Phebus , Victor M. Arellano , and Arellano & Phebus, S.C. There was an oral argument by Douglas J. Phebus .

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Jesse B. Blocher and Habush, Habush, & Rottier, S.C., Waukesha, for the Wisconsin Association for Justice. There was an oral argument by Jesse B. Blocher .

ROGGENSACK, J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court, in which ANN WALSH BRADLEY, DALLET, and KAROFSKY, JJ., joined except for ¶¶38 and 41. KAROFSKY, J., filed a concurring opinion, in which ANN WALSH BRADLEY and DALLET, JJ., joined. HAGEDORN, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which ZIEGLER, C.J., and REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, J., joined.