JENSEN v. WISCONSIN PATIENTS COMPENSATION FUND

No. 99-2774.

241 Wis.2d 142 (2001)

2001 WI 9

621 N.W.2d 902

Kathleen JENSEN, Bradley Jensen and Erik Jensen (a minor), Plaintiffs-Appellants, STATE of Wisconsin, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY SERVICES, Plaintiff, v. WISCONSIN PATIENTS COMPENSATION FUND, David McPherson, M.D., and Lakeland Medical Center, Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided February 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants there were briefs by Matthew W. O'Neill, Shannon A. Allen and Friebert, Finerty & St. John, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Matthew W. O'Neill.

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief by Curtis C. Swanson, Edith F. Merila, Timothy J. Cesar and Axley Brynelson, LLP, Madison, James R. Gutglass, Sharon R. Long and Gutglass, Erickson & Bonville, S.C., Milwaukee, and Paul J. Pytlik and Otjen, Van Ert, Leib & Weir, S.C., Milwaukee, and oral argument by Curtis Swanson and James R. Gutglass.


¶ 1. DIANE S. SYKES, J.

The issue in this case is whether an attorney admitted pro hac vice1 has the right to notice and an opportunity to be heard before his or her pro hac vice admission can be revoked. The issue arose in this medical malpractice action when the circuit court granted a mistrial based upon "reprehensible" pretrial and trial conduct by the plaintiffs' attorney, who was...

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