Esser Distributing Co. v. Steidl

CALLOW, WILLIAM G., J.

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals, Esser Distributing Co. v. Steidl, 145 Wis. 2d 160, 426 N.W.2d 63 (1988), affirming in part and reversing in part an order of the Waukesha County Circuit Court, Judge Clair Voss, dismissing the complaint of Esser Distributing Co., Inc., et al. (Esser), because it was barred by the statute of limitations. The court of appeals affirmed the circuit court’s dismissal of Esser’s statutory claim. It reversed the circuit court’s dismissal of Esser’s common-law claim.

The issue before this court is whether sec. 551.59(1),…