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SCHREIBER v. PHYSICIANS INS. CO.

No. 96-3676.

217 Wis.2d 94 (1998)

579 N.W.2d 730

Kimberly SCHREIBER, a minor by her Guardian ad Litem, John Krueger; Gerald Schreiber and Janice Schreiber, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PHYSICIANS INSURANCE COMPANY OF WISCONSIN; Paul K.H. Figge, Jr., M.D.; Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund, Defendants-Respondents, STATE of Wisconsin and Employers Health Insurance Company, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Decided February 17, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiffs-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of and orally argued by D. J. Weis of Habush, Habush, Davis & Rottier, S.C. of Rhinelander.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of and orally argued by Susan R. Tyndall of Hinshaw & Culbertson of Milwaukee.

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

CANE, P. J.

Kimberly Schreiber and her parents, Janice and Gerald Schreiber, appeal from a judgment dismissing their claim that Dr. Paul K. H. Figge, Jr., violated Janice's right to informed consent. The Schreibers contend that trial court erred by concluding that Janice was not entitled to chose a cesarean section in the midst of childbirth, and by holding that Figge had no duty to either inform Janice of changes that occurred during labor or to obtain her consent...

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