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RANFT v. LYONS

No. 90-2134.

163 Wis.2d 282 (1991)

471 N.W.2d 254

Valerie J. RANFT and Craig L. Ranft, husband and wife, Sarah Ranft, David Craig Ranft, Emily Ann Ranft and Jane Marie Ranft, their minor children, by the minor's Guardian ad Litem, Patrick O. Dunphy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Thomas P. LYONS, General Casualty Company of Wisconsin and Weait Insurance Corporation, a Wisconsin Corporation, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided May 7, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Patrick O. Dunphy and Jeffrey R. Munson of Cannon & Dunphy, S.C. of Milwaukee. Oral argument by Patrick O. Dunphy.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the briefs of L. William Staudenmaier and Laura E. Schuett of Cook & Franke, S.C. of Milwaukee. Oral argument by Laura E. Schuett.

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

FINE, J.

This appeal from a non-final order raises three important issues relating to pretrial discovery in civil actions. The first issue concerns the scope of the physician/patient privilege and its applicability to medical records of a defendant sued for compensatory and punitive damages because of a drunk-driving accident when those records relate to the defendant's use or abuse of alcohol. The trial court held that the physician/ patient privilege prevented the...

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