Douglas-Hanson Co., Inc. v. BF Goodrich Co., 98-1737.
| Decision Date | 10 March 2000 |
| Docket Number | No. 98-1737.,98-1737. |
| Citation | 2000 WI 22,607 N.W.2d 621,233 Wis.2d 276 |
| Parties | DOUGLAS-HANSON COMPANY, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. BF GOODRICH COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner. |
| Court | Wisconsin Supreme Court |
For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Eric J. Magnuson, John B. Lunseth II and Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, LLP, Minneapolis, and Daniel W. Hildebrand and DeWitt Ross & Stevens, Madison, and oral argument by Daniel W. Hildebrand. For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief by Michael R. Gray, Scott S. Payzant and Mackall, Crounse & Moore, PLC, Minneapolis, and oral argument by Scott S. Payzant.
¶ 1.
The court is equally divided on the question of whether the published decision of the court of appeals, Douglas-Hanson Co., Inc. v. BF Goodrich Co., 229 Wis. 2d 132, 598 N.W.2d 262 (Ct. App. 1999), should be affirmed or reversed. Chief Justice SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, Justice ANN WALSH BRADLEY, and Justice DAVID T. PROSSER would affirm; Justice WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, Justice N. PATRICK CROOKS, and Justice DIANE S. SYKES would reverse. Justice JON P. WILCOX did not participate.
¶ 2. Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed.
1. Motion for reconsideration denied April 27, 2000.
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