MALEKI v. FINE-LANDO CLINIC

No. 88-2027.

154 Wis.2d 471 (1990)

453 N.W.2d 208

Massoud MALEKI, M.D., Plaintiff-Respondent, v. FINE-LANDO CLINIC CHARTERED, S.C., Defendant-Appellant, Eddy D. CO, M.D., Defendant-Co-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent the cause was submitted on the briefs of Resnick, Jacquart & Hart, with Richard H. Hart and Donald J. Jacquart of counsel, of Milwaukee. Oral argument by Richard H. Hart.

For the defendant-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Machulak & Hutchinson, with David H. Hutchinson of counsel, of Milwaukee and Michael, Best & Friedrich, with David J. Cannon and Kevin P. Reak, of Milwaukee. Oral argument by David J. Cannon.

For the defendant-co-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Otjen, Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb & Weir, S.C., with Thomas J. Binder of counsel, of Milwaukee. Oral argument by Thomas J. Binder.

Before Brown, P.J., Sullivan and Fine, JJ.


FINE, J.1

This is an action brought by Massoud Maleki, M.D., under sec. 134.01, Stats., alleging, as pertinent to this appeal, that he was the victim of a conspiracy between the Fine-Lando Clinic and Eddy D. Co, M.D.2 A jury returned a verdict that was partially in Maleki's favor, and awarded him $331,833 in compensatory damages and $510,000 in punitive damages. We reverse.

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