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GREEN v. SMITH & NEPHEW AHP, INC.

No. 98-2162.

245 Wis.2d 772 (2001)

2001 WI 109

629 N.W.2d 727

Linda M. GREEN, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. SMITH & NEPHEW AHP, INC., a/k/a Smith & Nephew Perry, Defendant-Appellant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 12, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant-petitioner there were briefs by Joseph D. Kearney, Milwaukee; Donald R. Peterson, Sherry A. Knutson and Peterson Johnson & Murray, S.C., Milwaukee; Thomas W. Merrill, Constantine L. Trela, Jr., Hille R. Sheppard, Robert N. Hochman and Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Illinois, and oral argument by Joseph D. Kearney.

For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief by Robert L. Habush, Mark S. Young, Virginia M. Antoine and Habush, Habush, Davis & Rottier, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Robert L. Habush.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by O. Thomas Armstrong and Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, Mary A. Wells, L. Michael Brooks, Jr., and Wells, Anderson & Race LLC, Denver, CO, and Hugh F. Young, Jr., Reston, VA, on behalf of the Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

¶ 1. JON P. WILCOX, J.

This case arises from a products liability claim brought by Linda M. Green (Green) against Smith & Nephew AHP, Inc. (S&N). Green alleged that S&N manufactured defective and unreasonably dangerous latex medical gloves, which caused her to suffer injuries arising from allergic reactions to the proteins in those gloves. Accordingly, Green claimed, S&N should be held strictly liable for these injuries.

¶ 2. At the...

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