NORTHWEST GENERAL HOSPITAL v. YEE

No. 82-617.

115 Wis.2d 59 (1983)

339 N.W.2d 583

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

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 1, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner there were briefs by Paul F. Poehlmann and Burton A. Strnad, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Burton A. Strnad.

For the respondent there was a brief by Timothy J. Strattner and Schellinger & Doyle, S.C., Brookfield, and oral argument by Mr. Strattner.


LOUIS J. CECI, J.

This is a review of a court of appeals decision1 which affirmed the judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Honorable Marvin C. Holz, circuit judge. The question for review by this court is whether a malpractice claim which alleges no bodily injury and arises by reason of a third-party complaint must be submitted to a ch. 655, Stats., patients compensation panel.

On May 11, 1978, the third-party plaintiff...

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