Legal Opinion
Grams v. Milk Products, Inc.
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Decided July 8, 2005No. 2003AP801PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavid T. Prosser, J.
¶ 1. Petitioners Gerald and Joliene Grams (the Grams) seek review of an unpublished court of appeals decision1 affirming a grant of summary judgment to Milk Products, Inc. (Milk Products) by the circuit court for Rock County, John W Roethe, Judge. The court of appeals affirmed the circuit *516court's determination that the economic loss doctrine barred the Grams' tort claims against Milk Products and Cargill, Inc. (Cargill).
¶ 2. The economic loss doctrine is a judicial doctrine intended to preserve the fundamental distinction between contract and tort. Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. Cease Elec., Inc.,…
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