ESTATE OF WELLS

No. 92-0186.

174 Wis.2d 503 (1993)

497 N.W.2d 779

The ESTATE OF Mary WELLS, by her personal representative/administratrix, Charlotte Jeske, Plaintiff, Charlotte JESKE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER, a/k/a Sinai Samaritan Medical Center and/or Aurora Health Care, Mount Sinai Campus, Daniel Wartinbee, M.D., Milwaukee Orthopaedic Group, Ltd., Wisconsin Health Care Liability Insurance Plan, The Professional Insurance Company of Ohio, and Wisconsin Patients' Compensation Fund, Defendants-Respondents, E. J. HUXLEY, M.D., Pulmonary Medicine Associates of Milwaukee, The Medical Protective Company and Milwaukee County Department of Health & Human Services, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Quale, Feldbruegge, Calvelli, Thom & Croke, S.C. by William W. Ehrke and Shawn M. Govern, of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents Mount Sinai Medical Center, n/d/a Sinai Samaritan Medical Center and/or Aurora Health Care, Mount Sinai Campus, and Wisconsin Health Care Liability Insurance Plan the cause was submitted on the briefs of Otjen, Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb & Weir S.C. by Wayne Van Ert and Mark A. Grady, of Milwaukee.

For the defendants-respondents Daniel Wartinbee, Milwaukee Orthopaedic Group, Ltd. and Professionals Insurance Company of Ohio the cause was submitted on the briefs of Peterson, Johnson & Murray, S.C. by Mary Lee Ratzel, of Milwaukee.

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

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


WEDEMEYER, P.J.

This case involves an appeal from the trial court's partial summary judgment order against Charlotte Jeske. The trial court ruled that: (1) a parent of an adult child is not entitled to recover damages for the loss of society and companionship of the child where he or she is allegedly injured by medical malpractice; (2) a parent is not entitled to recover damages for the negligent infliction of emotional...

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