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KUEHN v. CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, LOS ANGELES

No. 96-3363.

119 F.3d 1296 (1997)

Allan KUEHN and Carol Kuehn, individually and as personal representatives of the estate of Andrew Kuehn, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHILDRENS HOSPITAL, LOS ANGELES; and Norcal Mutual Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Argued April 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Peter Westerhof, Eric A. Farnsworth (argued), DeWitt, Ross & Stevens, Madison, WI, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John W. Markson (argued), Steven J. Caulum, Stephen Ehlke, Bell, Metzner, Gierhart & Moore, Madison, WI, for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The parents of Andrew Kuehn brought this diversity suit in a federal district court in Wisconsin both on his behalf and on their own behalf against a Los Angeles hospital and its liability insurer, Wisconsin being a direct-action state. Wis. Stat. § 803.04(2). (The insurance company's liability is purely derivative, so we can ignore it.) The district judge granted summary judgment for the defendants on the ground that under Wisconsin's conflict...

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