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BABICH v. WAUKESHA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC.

No. 95-2516.

205 Wis.2d 698 (1996)

556 N.W.2d 144

Pamela BABICH and Nicholas Babich, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WAUKESHA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC., Wisconsin Health Care Liability Insurance Plan and Patients Compensation Fund, Defendants-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided October 30, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Richard G. Kalkhoff of Vlasak, Britton & Konkel, S.C. of Milwaukee.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Lori Gendelman and Jeffrey J. P. Conta of Otjen Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb and Weir, S.C. of Milwaukee.

Before Anderson P.J., Brown and Snyder, JJ.

BROWN, J.

While Pamela Babich was a patient at Waukesha Memorial Hospital Inc., she was stuck with a hypodermic needle that was mistakenly left in her bed linens. Babich allegedly became scared that she had been infected with the HIV virus and claims that this emotional distress had a significant impact on her life. Although later testing confirmed that Babich was not infected, she and her husband brought suit against Waukesha...

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