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BURNETT v. ALT

Nos. 96-3356, 96-3588.

215 Wis.2d 204 (1997)

572 N.W.2d 895

IN RE the IMPOSITION OF SANCTIONS IN Dawn ALT et al V. Richard S. CLINE et al: George BURNETT, Appellant, v. Dawn ALT, Mark Alt and Cody Alt, Respondents. Dawn ALT, Mark Alt and Cody Alt, a minor, by his guardian ad litem, James A. Johnson, Plaintiffs-Respondents, Dr. Ernesto L. ACOSTA, Appellant, v. Richard S. CLINE, M.D., Charles J. Green, M.D., Women's Health Specialists, S.C., Appleton Medical Center, Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Sentry Insurance Company, Outagamie County Department of Human Services, State of Wisconsin Department of Health and Social Services, and Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided November 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the appellants, Dr. Ernesto L. Acosta and George Burnett, the cause was submitted on the briefs of George Burnett of Liebmann, Conway, Olejniczak & Jerry, S.C. of Green Bay.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents, Dawn Alt, Mark Alt and Cody Alt, the cause was submitted on the brief of George H. Senteney, of Guelzow & Senteney, Ltd. of Eau Claire.

On behalf of the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, an amicus curiae brief was filed by Mark L. Thomsen of Cannon & Dunphy, S.C. of Brookfield.

Before Cane, P.J., Hoover and Wedemeyer, JJ.

CANE, P.J.

Ernesto L. Acosta, M.D., and his attorney, George Burnett, each appeal orders entered following plaintiffs' motion to compel discovery and impose sanctions.1 Acosta seeks reversal or, alternatively, clarification of the trial court's order requiring him to answer questions at deposition as a nonparty expert witness. Burnett contends the trial court erroneously ordered sanctions against him under § 804.12(1) and (2), STATS...

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