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MCEVOY v. GROUP HEALTH COOPERATIVE

No. 96-0908.

213 Wis.2d 507 (1997)

570 N.W.2d 397

Angela M. MCEVOY, by her Guardian ad Litem Stephanie L. Finn, and Susan McEvoy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GROUP HEALTH COOPERATIVE OF EAU CLAIRE, Defendant-Respondent-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided November 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Thomas J. Misfeldt, John P. Richie and Misfeldt, Stark, Richie & Wickstrom, Eau Claire and oral argument by John P. Richie.

For the plaintiffs-appellants there was a brief by Matthew A. Biegert, Brian H. Sande and Doar, Drill & Skow, S.C., New Richmond and oral argument by Matthew A. Biegert.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Edward E. Robinson and Warshafsky, Rotter, Tarnoff, Reinhardt & Bloch, S.C., Milwaukee for the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.

¶ 1. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire, Inc. (GHC), a health maintenance organization, seeks review of a decision of the court of appeals that reversed the circuit court's1 entry of summary judgment dismissing Angela and Susan McEvoy's complaint. The court of appeals determined that the tort of bad faith can be applied to health maintenance organizations. GHC asserts that the tort of bad faith pertains only...

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