Wisconsin Statutes 893.15 – Effect of an action in a non-Wisconsin forum on a Wisconsin cause of action
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Terms Used In Wisconsin Statutes 893.15
- State: when applied to states of the United States, includes the District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the several territories organized by Congress. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
(1) In this section “a non-Wisconsin forum” means all courts, state and federal, in states other than this state and federal courts in this state.
(2) In a non-Wisconsin forum, the time of commencement or final disposition of an action is determined by the local law of the forum.
(3) A Wisconsin law limiting the time for commencement of an action on a Wisconsin cause of action is tolled from the period of commencement of the action in a non-Wisconsin forum until the time of its final disposition in that forum.
(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to an action commenced on a Wisconsin cause of action in a non-Wisconsin forum after the time when the action is barred by a law of the forum limiting the time for commencement of an action.
(5) If an action is commenced in a non-Wisconsin forum on a Wisconsin cause of action after the time when the Wisconsin period of limitation has expired but before the foreign period of limitation has expired, the action in the non-Wisconsin forum has no effect on the Wisconsin period of limitation.