Application of foreign statutes of limitation
Applied in 17 court decisions — leading case 227 Wis. 2d 1 - Sharp Ex Rel. Gordon v. Case Corp. (1999)
Most recently applied in 2020 Pa. Super. 266 - Kornfeind, W. v. New Werner Holding Co. (November 2020)
1979 c. 323.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(1) If an action is brought in this state on a foreign cause of action and the foreign period of limitation which applies has expired, no action may be maintained in this state.
(2) If an action is brought in this state on a foreign cause of action and the foreign period of limitation which applies to that action has not expired, but the applicable Wisconsin period of limitation has expired, no action may be maintained in this state.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.