SACOTTE v. IDEAL-WERK KRUG & PRIESTER

No. 83-1135.

119 Wis.2d 14 (1984)

349 N.W.2d 701

Shirley SACOTTE, Henry Sacotte, Jr., and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, a foreign corporation, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. IDEAL-WERK KRUG & PRIESTER MACHINEN-FABRIK, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant, MICHAEL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, a foreign corporation; National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh, Pa., a foreign corporation; Business Machines & Equipment Company, a foreign corporation; and Michigan Mutual Insurance Company, a foreign corporation, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 10, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C., and William C. Griesbach of Green Bay.

For the respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Weis, Cossi, Geissler & Dean, P.C., and Frederick K. Geissler of Ironwood, Michigan.

Before Foley, P.J., Dean and Cane, JJ.


DEAN, J.

Ideal-Werk Krug & Priester Machinen-Fabrik, a West German corporation, appeals from an order denying its motion to dismiss the Sacottes' complaint for insufficient service of process and for lack of personal jurisdiction. It contends that delivery of the summons and complaint by mail is not by itself sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction under sec. 801.11 (5), Stats., and that a letter from its attorney to the Sacottes' attorney does not constitute...

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