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CUKROWSKI v. MT. SINAI HOSPITAL

No. 389.

67 Wis.2d 487 (1975)

227 N. W. 2d 95

CUKROWSKI and others, Appellants, v. MT. SINAI HOSPITAL, INC., and others, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided March 28, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants the cause was submitted on the brief of Rowan, Slaby, Mueller & Ilse, attorneys, and Donald H. Mueller and Charles Rowan of counsel, all of Milwaukee.

For the respondents the cause was submitted on the joint brief of Arnold, Murray & O'Neill, attorneys, and Robert C. Watson of counsel, all of Milwaukee, for Dr. Richard L. Franklin and Dr. Walter Hogan; by Binder, Zirbel & Howard, attorneys, and Irving W. Zirbel of counsel, all of Milwaukee, for Dr. Irvin M. Becker and Dr. Henry M. Goldberg; by C. Donald Straub of Milwaukee for Dr. Phillip S. Guzelian; and by Fulton, Menn & Nehs of Appleton for Mt. Sinai Hospital and Dr. Herbert A. Oxman.

Submitted under sec. (Rule) 251.54 March 6, 1975.

CONNOR T. HANSEN, J.

On February 15 and 16, 1967, Walter Cukrowski allegedly entered Mt. Sinai Hospital to have his esophagus dilated with a mosher bag. The complaint alleges that during the course of this surgical procedure, Cukrowski's esophagus was perforated, which perforation went undetected for sixteen hours because of the inadequate postsurgical facilities...

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