NORTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL v. YEE

No. 82-617.

109 Wis.2d 644 (1982)

327 N.W.2d 186

NORTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL, Plaintiff, Lillie GRIFFIN, Defendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Jerry N. YEE, Third-Party Defendant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant and third-party plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Paul F. Poehlmann of Strnad & Gossens, S.C., of Milwaukee.

For the third-party defendant-respondent the cause was submitted on the brief of James G. Doyle and Michael T. Hopkins, of counsel, of Schellinger & Doyle, S.C., of Milwaukee.

Before Decker, C.J., Moser, P.J., and Wedemeyer, J.


DECKER, C.J.

Lillie Griffin (Griffin) appeals from an order dismissing her third-party complaint against Dr. Jerry N. Yee (Yee) for payment for hospital treatment which Yee prescribed and which Griffin alleged was unnecessary. The trial court dismissed Griffin's complaint because it stated "a malpractice claim which has not been submitted to a medical panel as required by Chapter 655 Wis. Stats." We agree that a medical malpractice claim, even one which alleges no...

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