DeRUYTER v. WISCONSIN ELEC. POWER CO

For the defendant/plaintiff-respondent-petitioner/co-petitioner, Great West Casualty Company, Inc., there were briefs by Douglas J. Carroll, and O'Neill, Schimmel, Quirk Carroll, S.C., Milwaukee. For the plaintiffs-respondents-co-petitioners there were briefs by David P. Lowe, Donald J. Jacquart and Jacquart Lowe, S.C., Milwaukee and Michael P. Crooks and Peterson, Johnson Murray, S.C., Madison and oral argument by David P. Lowe and Michael P. Crooks. For the defendant-appellant there was a brief by Jeffrey Morris and Quarles Brady, Milwaukee and oral argument by Jeffrey Morris. Amicus curiae brief was filed by Michael H. Gillick and Murphy, Gillick, Wicht Prachthauser, Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers. Amicus curiae brief was filed by Patrick K. Stevens, Werner E. Scherr, Jeffrey S. Meyer, Michael A. Greene, Jerome D. Okarma and Edwina A. Wilson for Manufacturers Commerce, Milwaukee Transport Services, Inc., Harnischfeger Industries, Inc., Johnson Controls, Inc., Wisconsin Bell, Inc., and General Electric Medical Systems.