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WERNER v. PITTWAY CORP.

No. 99-C-109-C.

90 F.Supp.2d 1018 (2000)

Shawn D. WERNER, personally and as guardian of Rachel Werner, a minor child and Terry L. Werner, as personal representative of the Estate of Linda S. Werner and as the special administrator of the Estate of Sarah A. Werner, Plaintiffs, v. PITTWAY CORPORATION, BRK BRANDS, INC., Defendants, and Golden Rule Insurance Co. and National Guardian Life Insurance Company, Defendants-Subrogees.

United States District Court, W.D. Wisconsin.

March 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Koby, La Crosse, WI, for Estate of Linda S. Werner, Estate of Sarah A. Werner, Werner, Rachel, Werner, Shawn D., Werner, Terry L., Plaintiffs.

Michael P. Crooks, Peterson, Johnson, & Murray, S.C., Madison, WI, for BRK Brands Inc., Pittway Corporation, Defendants.

Steven T. Caya, Fellows, Piper & Schmidt, Milwaukee, WI, for Golden Rule Insurance Company, Defendant.

Sarah E. Coyne, Quarles & Brady, Madison, WI, for National Guardian Life Ins. Co., Defendant.

OPINION AND ORDER

CRABB, District Judge.

This is a product liability action in which plaintiffs are suing defendant Pittway Corporation, a manufacturer of smoke detectors and carbon monoxide detectors, and its successor, BRK Brands, Inc., alleging that detectors installed in their home did not sound timely alarms during a fire in which plaintiffs Shawn and Rachel Werner were injured. Shawn's wife and Rachel's mother, Linda Werner, died in the fire, as did...

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