Legal Opinion
Lincoln Ex Rel. Hurley v. Seawright
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided October 6, 1981No. 79-1932PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBeilfuss, C. J.
This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals which affirmed an order of the Circuit Court for Dane County, P. CHARLES JONES, Judge, denying a motion of the defendant, Gary L. Seawright, a nonresident, to dismiss for want of personal jurisdiction under Wisconsin’s long-arm statute, sec. 801.05, Stats. 1977.
The facts are not disputed for the purposes of this review. On September 30, 1978, Timothy Lincoln, a minor, was bitten by a dog on the grounds of the apartment building where he lived with his parents in Madison, Wisconsin. The dog was a Japanese Akita named “Moose,” which had…
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