Title: Neil J. Rennick v. Teleflex Medical Incorporated
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 2020AP001454
State: Wisconsin
Issuer: Wisconsin Supreme Court
Date: April 28, 2023

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SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN 
 
 
 
 
 
CASE NO.: 
2020AP1454 
 
 
 
COMPLETE TITLE: 
Neil J. Rennick, 
          Plaintiff-Appellant, 
     v. 
Teleflex Medical Incorporated, 
          Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner, 
WEA Insurance Corporation, 
          Defendant. 
 
 
 
 
 
REVIEW OF DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEALS 
Reported at 402 Wis. 2d 308,974 N.W.2d 982 
(2022 – unpublished) 
 
 
OPINION FILED: 
April 28, 2023   
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS: 
        
ORAL ARGUMENT: 
January 17, 2023   
 
 
SOURCE OF APPEAL: 
 
 
COURT: 
Circuit   
 
COUNTY: 
Milwaukee   
 
JUDGE: 
Kevin E. Martens   
 
 
 
JUSTICES: 
Per curiam.  
NOT PARTICIPATING: 
REBECCA FRANK DALLET, J., did not participate.    
 
 
 
ATTORNEYS: 
 
 
For the defendant-respondent-petitioner, there were briefs 
filed by Stacy A. Alexejun, Evan W. Thomsen, W. Patrick 
Sullivan, Ellison F. Hitt, Jeffrey F. Peck and Quarles & Brady 
LLP, 
Madison 
and 
Milwaukee, 
Siesennop 
& 
Sullivan, 
LLP, 
Milwaukee, and Ulmer & Berne LLP, Cincinnati. There was an oral 
argument by Jeffrey F. Peck. 
 
For the plaintiff-appellant, there was a brief filed by 
James J. Kriva, Dustin T. Woehl, and Kasdorf, Lewis & Swietlik, 
SC, Milwaukee. There was an oral argument by James J. Kriva.  
 
 
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An amicus curiae brief was filed by Josh Johanningmeier, 
Bryan J. Cahill, Michael X. Imbroscio, Paul W. Schmidt, Gregory 
L. Halperin, and Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Madison, and Covington & 
Burling 
LLP, 
Washington 
D.C. 
and 
New 
York 
City, 
for 
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.  
 
An amicus curiae brief was filed by James M. Beck, Paul E. 
Benson, and Reed Smith LLP, Philadephia, and Michael Best & 
Friedrich 
LLP, 
Milwaukee, 
for 
Product 
Liability 
Advisory 
Council, Inc.  
 
 
 
 
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NOTICE 
This opinion is subject to further 
editing and modification.  The final 
version will appear in the bound 
volume of the official reports.   
No.   2020AP1454 
(L.C. No. 
2018CV3317) 
STATE OF WISCONSIN  
 
 
   : 
IN SUPREME COURT 
 
 
Neil J. Rennick, 
 
          Plaintiff-Appellant, 
 
     v. 
 
Teleflex Medical Incorporated, 
 
          Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner, 
 
WEA Insurance Corporation, 
 
          Defendant. 
 
FILED 
 
APR 28, 2023 
 
Sheila T. Reiff 
Clerk of Supreme Court 
 
 
 
 
REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals.  Affirmed.   
 
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PER CURIAM.   The court is evenly divided on whether 
to affirm or reverse the court of appeals' decision in Rennick 
v. Teleflex Med. Inc., No. 2018CV3317, unpublished slip op. 
(Wis. Ct. App. Apr. 5, 2022) (per curiam).   
Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is 
affirmed.  
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REBECCA FRANK DALLET, J., did not participate. 
 
No. 
2020AP1454   
 
 
 
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