JANDRE v. WISCONSIN INJURED PATIENTS

No. 2008AP1972.

813 N.W.2d 627 (2012)

2012 WI 39

Thomas W. JANDRE and Barbara J. Jandre, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. WISCONSIN INJURED PATIENTS AND FAMILIES COMPENSATION FUND, Defendant-Co-Appellant, Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin and Therese J. Bullis, M.D., Defendants-Appellants-Petitioners. Thomas W. Jandre and Barbara J. Jandre, Plaintiffs, v. Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, Defendant-Respondent, Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin and Therese J. Bullis, M.D., Defendants-Appellants-Petitioners.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided April 17, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants-petitioners, there were briefs filed by Michael B. Van Sicklen and Krista J. Sterken , and Foley & Lardner, LLP, Madison, and oral argument by Michael B. Van Sicklen.

For the plaintiffs-respondents there was a brief filed by Linda V. Meagher , Dana J. Weis , James M. Fergal , and Habush, Habush & Rottier, S.C., Waukesha, and oral argument by Dana J. Weis.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Lynn R. Laufenberg and Laufenberg, Stombaugh & Jassak, S.C., Milwaukee, and William C. Gleisner, III , Hartland, on behalf of the Wisconsin Association for Justice.

Amicus curiae briefs were filed by Guy DuBeau , and Axley Brynelson, LLP, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Medical Society, Inc., the Wisconsin Hospital Association, Inc. and the Wisconsin Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, Inc.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by William F. Bauer and Karen M. Gallagher , and Coyne, Schultz, Becker & Bauer, S.C., Madison, on behalf of Dean Health System, Inc., Marshfield Clinic and Gundersen Lutheran Health System, Inc.


SHIRLEY S. ABRAHAMSON, C.J.

¶ 1 This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals in a medical malpractice case.1 The court of appeals affirmed a judgment of the Circuit Court for Fond du Lac County, Robert J. Wirtz, Judge, entered on a jury verdict in favor of Thomas W. Jandre (Jandre) and his wife, Barbara J. Jandre (collectively, the Jandres), against Dr. Therese J. Bullis and her insurer, Physicians Insurance Company...

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