PEEPLES v. SARGENT

No. 75-152.

77 Wis.2d 612 (1977)

253 N.W.2d 459

PEEPLES, and wife, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. SARGENT, and others, Defendants-Appellants: ST. ELIZABETH HOSPITAL, INC., and others, Additional Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants there was a brief by Peter S. Nelson and Fulton, Menn & Nehs, Ltd., and oral argument by David L. Fulton, all of Appleton.

For the additional defendants-appellants there was a brief by E. D. Kranzush, W. J. Ewald and Denissen, Kranzush, Mahoney & Ewald, S. C., and oral argument by W. J. Ewald, all of Green Bay.

For the respondents there was a brief by Clay R. Williams, William J. French and Gibbs, Roper, Loots & Williams, and oral argument by Clay R. Williams, all of Milwaukee.


BEILFUSS, C. J.

The issues deal primarily with the sufficiency of the evidence as to the individual defendants, errors as to the exclusion and admission of evidence, abuses of trial court discretion, improper jury instructions and excessiveness of damages.

The plaintiff-respondent, Richard D. Peeples, was a practicing architect in Appleton, Wisconsin. In late 1969 he experienced a dull pain in his right shoulder...

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