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FIUMEFREDDO v. MCLEAN

No. 91-2264.

174 Wis.2d 10 (1993)

496 N.W.2d 226

Joseph FIUMEFREDDO and Karen Fiumefreddo, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Thomas MCLEAN, M.D., George B. Haasler, M.D., and Milwaukee County, a political division, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided January 26, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs David A. Saichek of Saichek & Hertel, S.C., with Theodore B. Hertel, Jr., of counsel, of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent George B. Haasler, M.D., the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael J. Pfau and Susan R. Tyndall of Hinshaw & Culbertson of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents Thomas McLean, M.D., and Milwaukee County, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Robert E. Andrews and John F. Jorgensen of Office of Corporation Counsel of Milwaukee.

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

FINE, J.

This is an action to recover damages as the result of alleged medical malpractice during the course of an operation to remove Joseph Fiumefreddo's thymus gland. The gland was removed in an attempt to treat Fiumefreddo's myasthenia gravis, a severely debilitating neurologic disease. The operation was performed by George B. Haasler, M.D., and Thomas McLean, M.D. Fiumefreddo's recurrent laryngeal nerve was damaged during the operation, and, as a result, one...

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