Kristy HAFERMAN, Toby Haferman, Sr., Toby Haferman, Jr., a minor, by his Guardian ad Litem, and Richard H. Schulz, Plaintiffs-Respondents-Petitioners,
v.
ST. CLARE HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, INC. d/b/a St. Clare Hospital, Wisconsin Hospital Association and Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund, Defendants,
Donald W. VANGOR, M.D., and Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Defendants-Appellants.
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Oral argument September 28, 2005.
Decided December 30, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
For the plaintiffs-respondents-petitioners there were briefs by Jeremi K. Young and Rasansky LawFirm, Dallas, TX; and Richard Schulz and Schulz, Duffey & O'Brien, Milwaukee, and oral argument by Sean Duffey.
For the defendants-appellants there was a brief by David J. Pliner and Corneille Law Group, LLC, Madison, and Michael B. Van Sicklen, Naikang Tsao and Foley & Lardner LLP, Madison, and oral argument by Naikang Tsao.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by David E. McFarlane, Sheila M. Sullivan and Bell, Gierhart & Moore, S.C., Madison, on behalf of Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Mitchell Hagopian, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Coalition for Advocacy.
An amicus curiae brief was filed by Lynn R. Laufenberg and Laufenberg & Hoefle, S.C., Milwaukee, on behalf of The Wisconsin Academy of Trial Lawyers, and there was oral argument by Lynn R. Laufenberg.
Supreme Court of Wisconsin.
¶ 1. ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J.
The petitioners, Toby Haferman, Jr., and his parents ("the Hafermans"), seek review of a published court of appeals decision reversing a circuit court order that allowed Toby's medical malpractice action to proceed as timely filed.1 The court of appeals concluded that, even though Toby was a developmentally disabled child, the general three-year statute of limitations...
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