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KOPKE v. A. HARTRODT S.R.L.

No. 99-3144.

245 Wis.2d 396 (2001)

2001 WI 99

629 N.W.2d 662

Timothy J. KOPKE, Plaintiff-Respondent, UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY, a foreign insurance corporation and Leicht Transfer and Storage Co., a Wisconsin corporation, Subrogated-Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. A. HARTRODT S.R.L., a foreign corporation, Defendant, CARTIERE BINDA IN LIQUIDAZOINE S.P.A., a foreign corporation, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Respondent, SOCIETA' COOPERATIVA L'ARCIERE, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant, v. RIUNIONE ADRIATICA DI SICURTA S.P.A., a foreign corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 10, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-appellant there were briefs by W.H. Levit Jr., Winston A. Ostrow, Michael B. Apfeld and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Michael B. Apfeld.

For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief (in the court of appeals) by Lee J. Geronime, David A. Krutz, Leslie C. Mastey and Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Chris J. Trebatoski.

For the defendant-third-party plaintiff-respondent there was a brief (in the court of appeals) by Trevor J. Will, Eric J. Massen and Foley & Lardner, Milwaukee, and oral argument by R. George Burnett.

For the third party-defendant-respondent there was a brief by Frank J. Daily, Daniel J. La Fave and Quarles & Brady LLP, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Daniel J. LaFave.

¶ 1. WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

Societa' Cooperativa L'Arciere (L'Arciere), an Italian cooperative, challenges the exercise of in personam jurisdiction over it. This challenge presents two inquiries: (1) Whether the facts presented satisfy Wisconsin's long-arm statute, Wis. Stat. § 801.05(4) (1997-98)1; and (2) Whether L'Arciere has "minimum contacts" with this State such that the court's exercise of jurisdiction would be...

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