WALKER v. UNIV. OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS

No. 94-3403.

198 Wis.2d 237 (1995)

542 N.W.2d 207

Amy L. WALKER, Plaintiff-Appellant, TRANSPORTATION INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN HOSPITALS, properly known as the Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System, Julie Swedarsky, Elaine Snyder, Laurie Losenegger, Dr. Mark Moffet, Dr. Greg Dodge, Dr. Victoria Shampaine, Mary Ann Bird Roelke and John or Jane Doe, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of Douglas W. Kammer of Kammer Law Office, Chartered, of Portage.

For the defendants-respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of James E. Doyle, attorney general, and Steven D. Ebert, assistant attorney general.

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


EICH, C.J.

Amy L. Walker, a nurse's aide working at University of Wisconsin Hospitals,1 was injured when a patient she was attending became violent and assaulted her. She sued the hospital, the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents and various hospital employees for money damages claiming, among other things, that Mary Ann Roelke, an occupational therapist employed by the hospital, was negligent in the manner in which she applied physical...

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