Manitowoc Western Co., Inc. v. Montonen

¶ 1. The petitioner, Allan Montonen, seeks review of an unpublished court of appeals decision affirming a circuit court grant of summary judgment in favor of the respondent, Manito-woc Western Company. Montonen asserts that this court should extend the fraud exception to the transient rule of personal jurisdiction in order to prohibit service of a lawsuit on a person who comes to Wisconsin for settlement negotiations. Because we conclude that the public policies at stake are best served by the fraud exception as it presently stands, we decline to extend the exception as Montonen asks.…