Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-28 14:11:49.113723+00
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2023 WI 34

                  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                                        (2022 – unpublished)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.
    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.                                                                FILED
Teleflex Medical Incorporated,                                     APR 28, 2023
            Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner,                          Sheila T. Reiff
                                                                   Clerk of Supreme Court
WEA Insurance Corporation,

            Defendant.

       REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals.                    Affirmed.

       ¶1   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.

       ¶2   REBECCA FRANK DALLET, J., did not participate.
    No.   2020AP1454

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