WRIGHT v. MERCY HOSPITAL

No. 95-2289.

206 Wis.2d 449 (1996)

557 N.W.2d 846

Cheryl A. WRIGHT, Plaintiff-Respondent-Cross Appellant, v. MERCY HOSPITAL OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN, INC. and Wisconsin Hospital Association Liability Insurance Plan, Defendants-Appellants-Cross Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-cross appellant the cause was submitted on the briefs of John C. Carlson and Steven J. Schooler of Lawton & Cates, S.C. of Madison.

For the defendants-appellants-cross respondents the cause was submitted on the brief of Robert G. Krohn of Roethe, Krohn & Pope of Edgerton.

Before Eich, C.J., Dykman, P.J., and Deininger, J.


DEININGER, J.

Mercy Hospital and its insurer appeal from a judgment awarding Cheryl Wright damages for medical malpractice and from an order awarding her reasonable attorney fees. Wright cross-appeals the trial court's reduction of damages for economic loss. We conclude that the trial court properly exercised its discretion in fashioning the special verdict, in making certain evidentiary rulings, and in denying Mercy's...

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