prod.liab.rep.(cch)p 11,548 Affiliated Fm Insurance Company, Cross-Appellee v. The Trane Company, Cross-Appellant

BAUER, Chief Judge.

The issue presented for review is whether we should expand Wisconsin products liability law to permit plaintiff, Affiliated FM Insurance Company (“Affiliated”), to claim damages from the defendants, The Trane Company, (“Trane”), by allowing Affiliated to sue Trane directly under the strict liability theory in tort. The district court granted Trane’s motion for summary judgment on plaintiff's claims of strict liability and breach of warranty on the basis that Trane was neither the manufacturer nor the seller of the product in question and that no privity existed between the…