Legal Opinion
Hirsch v. S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided June 29, 1979No. 76-620PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*382HEFFERNAN, J.
This appeal involves only questions of law, for the judgment was granted upon the defendants’ motion at the close of the plaintiff’s evidence to dismiss for failure to prove the existence of a cause of action upon which relief can be granted.
Elroy Hirsch, the plaintiff, seeks damages for the unauthorized use of his nickname, “Crazylegs,” on a shaving gel manufactured by the defendant, S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc. Johnson admitted in its answer that it knew that Hirsch is nicknamed “Crazylegs” and admitted that it marketed a product, a moisturizing shaving gel for women, under the…
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