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877.01 Tort actions on surviving causes. If a cause of action survives under ch. 895, a personal representative may maintain an action on the cause of action against the wrongdoer in every case in which the decedent could, if living, maintain the action and, after the wrongdoer's death, against the wrongdoer's personal representative, except that this section shall not extend to actions for slander or libel.

877.01 - ANNOT.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 55; 1979 c. 176; Stats. 1979 s. 777.01; 2001 a. 102 s. 100; Stats. 2001 s. 877.01.

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877.01

877.01 Tort actions on surviving causes. If a cause of action survives under ch. 895, a personal representative may maintain an action on the cause of action against the wrongdoer in every case in which the decedent could, if living, maintain the action and, after the wrongdoer's death, against the wrongdoer's personal representative, except that this section shall not extend to actions for slander or libel.

877.01 - ANNOT.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 55; 1979 c. 176; Stats. 1979 s. 777.01; 2001 a. 102 s. 100; Stats. 2001 s. 877.01.

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877.01

877.01 Tort actions on surviving causes. If a cause of action survives under ch. 895, a personal representative may maintain an action on the cause of action against the wrongdoer in every case in which the decedent could, if living, maintain the action and, after the wrongdoer's death, against the wrongdoer's personal representative, except that this section shall not extend to actions for slander or libel.

877.01 - ANNOT.

History: 1979 c. 32 s. 55; 1979 c. 176; Stats. 1979 s. 777.01; 2001 a. 102 s. 100; Stats. 2001 s. 877.01.