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SOMMERS v. FRIEDMAN

No. 92-0799.

172 Wis.2d 459 (1992)

493 N.W.2d 393

Mindy SOMMERS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Lisa FRIEDMAN, and Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 19, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Curtis M. Kirkhuff of Pellino, Rosen, Mowris & Kirkhuff, S.C., of Madison.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of John W. Markson of Bell, Metzner, Gierhart & Moore, S.C., of Madison.

Before Eich, C.J., Gartzke, P.J., and Sundby, J.

EICH, C.J.

Mindy Sommers's husband, Jay, was admitted to St. Mary's Hospital in Madison after complaining of chest pains. He died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm—a rupture of the inner layer of the aorta—a few days later, shortly after being released from the hospital by his treating physician, Dr. Lisa Friedman. Sommers sued Friedman, claiming that she was negligent in caring for and treating her husband while he was hospitalized, and she appeals from...

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