Baldwin v. Badger Mining Corp.

¶ 1. Ollie Cocroft appeals from the circuit court's final orders: (1) granting summary judgment and dismissing his claims against Badger Mining Corporation (Badger); and (2) granting summary judgment and dismissing his claims against four manufacturers of respirator masks and their insurers (collectively, the "respirator defendants"). Cocroft argues that the court erred in concluding that the statute of limitations barred his claims.

¶ 2. We conclude that the circuit court correctly determined, under Borello v. U.S. Oil Co., 130 Wis. 2d 397, 388 N.W.2d 140 (1986), that the statute of…