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HOVEN v. KELBLE

No. 75-452.

79 Wis.2d 444 (1977)

256 N.W.2d 379

HOVEN, by Guardian ad litem, and another, Respondents, v. KELBLE, and others, Appellants: BURROUGHS, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a joint brief by John R. Teetaert and Fulton, Menn & Nehs, Ltd. of Appleton for St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. and John A. Kelble, M.D.; and Merten, Connell & Sisolak, S.C. of Milwaukee, for St. Mary's Hospital and Insurance Company of North America, and oral argument by Mr. Teetaert.

For the respondents there were briefs by James R. Gass, Russell M. Ware and Kasdorf, Dall, Lewis & Swietlik, and oral argument by Mr. Ware, all of Milwaukee.

ABRAHAMSON, J.

This is a medical malpractice action, instituted by complaint served on April 14, 1975, which is presently before this court on appeals from an order entered on demurrer. In the action Robert Hoven, by guardian ad litem, and Diann Hoven, Robert Hoven's wife, seek to recover damages sustained as a result of injuries suffered by Robert Hoven while undergoing a lung biopsy on May 2, 1973. The defendants are St. Mary's Hospital, at which the lung...

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