RILEY v. LAWSON

Nos. 96-0451, 96-1198.

210 Wis.2d 478 (1997)

565 N.W.2d 266

Minerva RILEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, Mary L. WOEHRER, Appellant, v. Russell K. LAWSON, M.D., Dennis Foley, M.D., Lawrence Clowry, M.D., Milwaukee County Medical Complex, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Medical College of Wisconsin and Milwaukee County, Defendants-Respondents, WISCONSIN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC., Department of Health & Human Services Social Security Administration and Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund, Defendants. Minerva RILEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, Mary L. WOEHRER, Appellant, v. Lawrence CLOWRY, M.D., and Medical College of Wisconsin, Defendants-Respondents, Russell K. LAWSON, M.D., Dennis Foley, M.D., Milwaukee County Medical Complex, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Wisconsin Hospital Association, Inc., Milwaukee County, Department of Health & Human Services Social Security Administration and Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided April 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-appellant and the appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Mary L. Woehrer, J.D. of Wauwatosa.

For the defendants-respondents Russell K. Lawson, M.D., Dennis Foley, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin and Wisconsin Patients Fund, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Paul J. Kelly and Amy J. Doyle of Schellinger & Doyle, S.C. of Brookfield; for the defendant-respondent Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, the cause was submitted on the brief of Wayne Van Ert and Peter D. Alberg of Otjen, Van Ert, Stangle, Lieb & Weir, S.C. of Milwaukee; for the defendant-respondent Milwaukee County Medical Complex, the cause was submitted on the brief of Robert E. Andrews, Deputy Corporation Counsel and for the respondent Lawrence Clowry, M.D., the cause was submitted on the briefs of Michael J. Pfau and Michael P. Russart of Milwaukee.

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


ANDERSON, J.

This consolidated appeal arises from a medical malpractice bench trial. The initial appeal stems from two orders dated December 1, 1995, and two judgments dated December 15, 1995, and January 30, 1996. The December judgment was entered in favor of Minerva Riley against defendants Lawrence Clowry, M.D., and the Medical College of Wisconsin in the sum of $132,196.53. The judgment also dismissed Riley's claims against defendants, Froedtert Memorial Lutheran...

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