State Supreme Court / Wis.

Wangen v. Ford Motor Co.

Decided June 27, 1980. John Louis Coffey wrote the opinion for the court.

294 N.W.2d 437 · Cited 282 times

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Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Bielski v. Schulze · 16 Wis. 2d 1
Mid-Continent Refrigerator Co. v. Straka · 178 N.W.2d 28
Fahrenberg v. Tengel · 291 N.W.2d 516
Anderson v. Continental Insurance · 271 N.W.2d 368
Kink v. Combs · 28 Wis. 2d 65
Malco, Inc. v. Midwest Aluminum Sales, Inc. · 14 Wis. 2d 57
Entzminger v. Ford Motor Co. · 177 N.W.2d 899
Jones v. Fisher · 166 N.W.2d 175
Dippel v. Sciano · 37 Wis. 2d 443
Cieslewicz Ex Rel. Finerty v. Mutual Service Casualty Insurance · 267 N.W.2d 595
Peeples v. Sargent · 253 N.W.2d 459
White v. Lunder · 225 N.W.2d 442
Draeger v. John Lubotsky Motor Sales, Inc. · 202 N.W.2d 20
Toole v. Richardson-Merrell Inc. · 251 Cal. App. 2d 689
Dalton v. Meister · 188 N.W.2d 494
Prunty v. Schwantes · 162 N.W.2d 34
Walker v. Sheldon · 10 N.Y.2d 401
Moore v. Jewel Tea Co. · 263 N.E.2d 103
Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. v. Day · 594 P.2d 38
State v. Princess Cinema of Milwaukee, Inc. · 292 N.W.2d 807
State v. I, a WOMAN-PART II · 191 N.W.2d 897
Funk v. United States · 290 U.S. 371
Ollerman v. O'Rourke Co., Inc. · 288 N.W.2d 95
State v. Rabe · 291 N.W.2d 809
Powers v. Allstate Insurance · 10 Wis. 2d 78

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