DIPPEL v. WIS. PATIENTS COMP. FUND

No. 90-1740.

161 Wis.2d 854 (1991)

468 N.W.2d 789

Michael D. DIPPEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WISCONSIN PATIENTS COMPENSATION FUND, Lew Papendick, M.D., John Romano, M.D., Charul Munshi, M.D., Michael Hert and Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Defendants-Respondents, James R. SANGER, M.D., Wisconsin Health Care Liability Insurance Plan and ABC Insurance Companies To Be Named, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided March 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Edward P. Rudolph, of Elm Grove.

On behalf of defendant-respondent, Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund, the cause was submitted on the brief of James M. Fergal and Linda Vogt Meagher of Schellinger & Doyle, S.C. of Brookfield.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, Lew Papendick, M.D., and Charul Munshi, M.D., and for defendants, James R. Sanger and Wisconsin Health Care Liability Insurance Plan, the cause was submitted on the brief of Donald R. Peterson and Peter F. Mullaney of Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, the cause was submitted on the brief of Keith W. Kostecke, of Menn, Nelson, Sharratt, Teetaert & Beinstein, LTD. of Appleton.

Before Nettesheim, P.J., Brown and Scott, JJ.


NETTESHEIM, P.J.

This is a medical malpractice action. The claimant, Michael D. Dippel, appeals from a summary judgment dismissing his action against defendants Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Lew Papendick, M.D., John Romano, M.D., Charul Munshi, M.D., Michael Hert and the Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund (collectively, health care providers). The circuit court's summary judgment ruling did not affect other defendants against whom Dippel's action continues...

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