SCHREIBER v. PHYSICIANS INS. CO.

No. 96-3676.

223 Wis.2d 417 (1999)

588 N.W.2d 26

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-Petitioners, STATE of Wisconsin and Employers Health Insurance Company, Defendants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-respondents-petitioners there were briefs by Susan R. Tyndall and Hinshaw & Culbertson, Milwaukee and oral argument by Susan R Tyndall.

For the plaintiffs-appellants there was a brief by D.J. Weis and Habush, Habush, Davis & Rottier, S.C., Rhinelander and oral argument by D.J. Weiss.

Amicus curiae brief was filed by Lynn R. Laufenberg and Cannon & Dunphy, S.C., Brookfield for the Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers.


¶ 1. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.

The defendants, Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin (Physicians Insurance), Dr. Paul K.H. Figge, Jr., and Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund, seek review of a published decision of the court of appeals that reversed the circuit court's dismissal of a suit brought by the plaintiffs Kimberly Schreiber and her parents, Janice and Gerald Schreiber.1 They allege that Figge violated Janice's right to informed...

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