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CHRISTY v. SCHWARTZ

No. 83.

49 Wis.2d 760 (1971)

183 N.W.2d 81

CHRISTY, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. SCHWARTZ, Defendant: COLUMBIA HOSPITAL, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant there was a brief by Petrie, Stocking, Meixner & Zeisig, attorneys, and John J. Romann of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Romann.

For the defendant-respondent there was a brief by Wickham, Borgelt, Skogstad & Powell, attorneys, and Robert C. Watson of counsel, all of Milwaukee, and oral argument by Mr. Watson.

HEFFERNAN, J.

The plaintiff asserts that the proper rule of law is the one recognized at the time his cause of action "accrues." While acknowledging that the doctrine of charitable immunity persisted until the mandate in Kojis v. Doctors Hospital (1961), 12 Wis.2d 367, 107 N.W.2d 131, 107 N.W.2d 292, he takes the position that his cause of action accrued after that date. He contends it was only after his twenty-first birthday...

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