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Wisconsin Appellate Court Affirms Contributory Negligence Finding In Mental Patient’s Suicide

June 21, 2017

The Wisconsin Court of Appeals filed its decision on May 25, 2017 that affirmed a Wisconsin medical malpractice jury’s verdict that found that a psychotic patient committed to an inpatient mental health care facility could be found contributorily negligent for his suicide. The Wisconsin medica[...]

Wisconsin $1.2B Medical Malpractice Fund Has $783M Surplus

April 13, 2016

A state audit of the Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund (“Fund”) reported in March that the Fund has a balance of $1.2 billion, which represents a surplus of $783 million in the Fund (the recommended range for the Fund is $86.4 million to $376.6 million). What Is T[...]

Wisconsin Medical Malpractice Reforms Have Led To Injustice For Medical Negligence Victims

March 28, 2015

The Yiddish term “chutzpah,” which means shameless audacity, can be best explained by the following example: after a young man was found guilty of brutally killing his parents, he begged the sentencing judge for leniency, noting that he was an orphan. Chutzpah may best describe the Wi[...]

Wisconsin Lawmaker Seeks To Help Parents Of Adult Children Who Die As A Result Of Medical Malpractice

January 5, 2015

Wisconsin, like many U.S. states, specifies which relatives of those who die as a result of the negligence of others, including medical malpractice, may seek and obtain compensation for their losses. While it is said that there is no greater pain than the pain associated with the death of one&#[...]

The Failure Of Wisconsin’s Medical Mediation Panels

August 15, 2014

The Wisconsin Legislature created Medical Mediation Panels in 1986 in an effort to provide “an informal, inexpensive and expedient means for resolving medical malpractice disputes without litigation,” providing an early neutral evaluation that may reduce litigation costs by identifyin[...]

Milwaukee $25.3M Medical Malpractice Informed Consent Verdict

July 9, 2014

A Milwaukee couple received a $25.3 million Wisconsin medical malpractice verdict on July 7, 2014, after three weeks of trial, as a result of an undiagnosed serious bacterial infection that ultimately led to the woman having all of her limbs amputated. The verdict included $8.2 million for the woman[...]

Wisconsin’s Medical Malpractice Tort Reforms Wreak Havoc On Malpractice Victims

July 5, 2014

Wisconsin has experienced a drop of more than one-half in the number of medical malpractice lawsuits filed since 1999: in 2013, only 140 medical malpractice lawsuits were filed in Wisconsin. While the Wisconsin health care industry groups contend that the drop in medical malpractice filings represen[...]

Wisconsin Cap On Medical Malpractice Damages Leaves Parents Of Deceased Newborn Without Answers

July 3, 2014

The parents of a Wisconsin baby who died 10 days after birth may never know whether medical negligence was the cause of their baby’s death because Wisconsin’s cap on noneconomic damages in the amount of $500,000 makes it financially infeasible for Wisconsin medical malpractice lawyers to[...]

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