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PATIENTS COMPENSATION FUND v. LUTHERAN HOSPITAL

No. 96-1344.

223 Wis.2d 439 (1999)

588 N.W.2d 35

PATIENTS COMPENSATION FUND, Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. LUTHERAN HOSPITAL-LACROSSE, INC., Wisconsin Hospital Association Optional Segregated Account, Nancy Bowell, R.N., ABC Insurance Company, Carol Cowell, R.N., American Family Mutual Insurance Company, Darlene Denstad, L.P.N., DEF Insurance Company, Trudy Pierick, R.N., GHI Insurance Company, Sharon Wiebke, R.N. and JKL Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided January 26, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Paul J. Kelly and Schellinger & Doyle, S.C., Brookfield and oral argument by Paul J. Kelly.

For the defendants-appellants there was a brief by W.A. Kirkpatrick and Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Skemp & Sleik, LaCrosse and oral argument by W.A. Kirkpatrick.

¶ 1. N. PATRICK CROOKS, J.

The Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund (the Fund) appeals a published decision of the court of appeals1 reversing an order of the La Crosse County Circuit Court. The circuit court, Judge Dennis G. Montabon presiding, held that the Fund could seek contribution for its payment in settlement of a malpractice claim from the professional liability insurer of a registered...

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