DAVISON v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INS. CO.

No. 72-245.

75 Wis.2d 190 (1977)

248 N.W.2d 433

DAVISON, and husband, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, and another, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Richard J. Palmersheim, James L. Thomas and Law Offices of Richard J. Palmersheim, and oral argument by James L. Thomas, all of Milwaukee.

For the respondents there was a brief by Stanley F. Schellinger, James G. Doyle, James A. Baxter and Schellinger & Doyle, S. C., and oral argument by Mr. Baxter, all of Milwaukee.


CONNOR T. HANSEN, J.

The complaint alleges that the hospital negligently permitted a staff physician (Dr. John W. R. Thoma), who it knew or should have known was unqualified and incompetent, to perform a hysterectomy upon Margie Davison; that the hospital negligently failed to bring to the attention of a qualified physician clinical signs of post-operative complications; that the hospital negligently failed to see to it that Margie Davison received competent medical...

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