Court Opinion

ID: 9671090
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:30:50.466194+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:08.127485
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SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, CHIEF JUSTICE
¶ 63. (dissenting). I do not join the court's opinion *464or mandate. I dissent because I think the majority opinion, Justice Bradley's concurrence and Justice Geske's dissent point out the need to reconsider Foley v. City of West Allis, 113 Wis. 2d 475, 335 N.W.2d 824 (1983).
¶ 64. I agree with the conclusions of both Justice Geske and Justice Bradley that Wis. Stat. § 347.48(2m)(g) does not bar a common law cause of action for contribution against a driver who violates § 347.48(2m).
¶ 65. Justice Geske and Justice Bradley both raise important considerations about seat belt negligence law in Wisconsin. Seat belt negligence is, I am sure, a recurring issue in numerous cases. I am not comfortable discussing and deciding the points these opinions raise without giving the parties an opportunity to be heard.
¶ 66. I conclude that the court should put this case on oral argument in September 1998 and request the parties to submit additional briefs discussing the issues raised by the concurrence and dissent and the effect of Sumnicht v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., 121 Wis. 2d 338, 360 N.W.2d 2 (1984), Farrell v. John Deere Co., 151 Wis. 2d 45, 443 N.W.2d 50 (Ct. App. 1989), and Wis. Stat. § 347.48(2m)(g) (1995-96) on the Foley decision.
¶ 67. For the foregoing reasons, I dissent and write separately.