Guertin v. Harbour Assurance Co. of Bermuda

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals, Guertin v. Harbour Assurance Co. of Bermuda, 135 Wis. 2d 334, 400 N.W.2d 56 (Ct. App. 1986), which affirmed a summary judgment granted by the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Judge Ralph Adam Fine presiding. The summary judgment dismissed the complaint of the plaintiff, Frank G. Guertin (Guertin), a Wisconsin resident, for personal injuries he sustained in Illinois. We conclude, as did the court of appeals, that the circuit court properly applied Wisconsin’s "borrowing statute,” sec. 893.07(1), Stats., 1 barring Guertin’s tort action…