SAWYER v. MIDELFORT

No. 97-1969.

227 Wis.2d 124 (1999)

595 N.W.2d 423

Delores SAWYER, special administrator of the estate of Nancy K. Anneatra, Thomas Sawyer and Delores Sawyer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. H. Berit MIDELFORT, M.D. and Celia Lausted, Defendants-Respondents-Petitioners, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY and DEF Insurance Company, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-respondents-petitioners there were briefs by Kay Nord Hunt, Thomas R. Jacobson, Brent R. Johnson and Lommen, Nelson, Cole & Stageberg, P.A., Hudson; Thomas J. Misfeldt, James W. Flory and Misfeldt, Stark, Richie & Wickstrom, Eau Claire and oral argument by Kary Nord Hunt.

For the plaintiffs-appellants there was a brief by William Smoler, Gregory P. Seibold and Murphy & Desmond, S.C., Madison and oral argument by William Smoler & Gregory P. Seibold.

Amicus curiae was filed by Mark L. Adams and State Medical Society of Wisconsin and Jeffrey J. Kassel, David E. McFarland and Lafollette & Sinykin, all of Madison for the State Medical Society of Wisconsin.

Amicus curiae was filed by David D. Relles and Relles, Meeker & Borns, Madison; Thomas A. Pavlinic, Annapolis, MD for The False Memory Syndrome Foundation.


¶ 1. DONALD W. STEINMETZ, J.

The petitioners seek review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Sawyer v. Midelfort, 217 Wis.2d 795, 579 N.W.2d 268 (Ct. App. 1998), which affirmed in part and reversed in part a judgment of the Circuit Court for Eau Claire County, the Honorable Eric J. Wahl. The circuit court granted summary judgment ordering the dismissal of the plaintiffs...

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