RENNICK v. WEA (2023)

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Neil J. RENNICK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TELEFLEX MEDICAL INCORPORATED, Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner, WEA Insurance Corporation, Defendant.

No. 2020AP1454

Decided: April 28, 2023

For the defendant-respondent-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Stacy A. Alexejun, Evan W. Thomsen, W. Patrick Sullivan, Ellison F. Hitt, Jeffrey F. Peck and Quarles & Brady LLP, Madison and Milwaukee, Siesennop & Sullivan, LLP, Milwaukee, and Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cincinnati. There was an oral argument by Jeffrey F. Peck. For the plaintiff-appellant, there was a brief filed by James J. Kriva, Dustin T. Woehl, and Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, SC, Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by James J. Kriva. An amicus curiae brief was filed by Josh Johanningmeier, Bryan J. Cahill, Michael X. Imbroscio, Paul W. Schmidt, Gregory L. Halperin, and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison, and Covington & Burling LLP, Washington D.C. and New York City, for Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America. An amicus curiae brief was filed by James M. Beck, Paul E. Benson, and Reed Smith LLP, Philadephia, and Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee, for Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.