Barter v. General Motors Corp.

The question on this appeal is whether, in a products-liability action, where a defective motor home, manufactured in Minnesota and subsequently sold by a third party in Wisconsin, caused injury to the Wisconsin plaintiffs in Iowa, the liability insurer of the manufacturer, who in Minnesota issued a policy containing a no-action clause, can, under the Wisconsin statutes, be sued and held liable in a direct-action suit brought in Wisconsin. We conclude that the Wisconsin statutes allow such suit and affirm the order of the circuit court denying the defendant’s motion for summary judgment.

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