CRAWFORD v. CARE CONCEPTS, INC.

No. 99-0863.

243 Wis.2d 119 (2001)

2001 WI 45

625 N.W.2d 876

Sylvia M. CRAWFORD, by June E. Goodyear, her guardian, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. CARE CONCEPTS, INC., d/b/a/ Premier Care and St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Defendants-Appellants-Petitioners, Donna SHALALA, Secretary of the United States Department of Health & Human Services, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided May 15, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendants-appellants-petitioners there were briefs by Michael J. Hogan, R. Scott Ritter and Hogan, Ritter, Minix & Pasholk, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Michael J. Hogan.

For the plaintiff-respondent there was a brief by Philip R. Schomber and O'Neal, Forbeck, Elliott & Monahan, S.C., Beloit, and oral argument by Philip R. Schomber.


¶ 1. WILLIAM A. BABLITCH, J.

Care Concepts, the owner of a nursing home in Beloit, Wisconsin, petitions this court to review a decision of the court of appeals.1 The court of appeals held that information, including records and reports, relating to a nonparty's assaultive or disruptive conduct was not protected by the physician-patient privilege, Wis. Stat. § 905.04 (1997-98).2 We agree. Information...

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