RECHSTEINER v. HAZELDEN

No. 2006AP1521.

736 N.W.2d 219 (2007)

2007 WI App 148

Hans RECHSTEINER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. HAZELDEN, Spooner Health System, Board of Directors of Spooner Health System, William Stewart, III, Judy Cuskey, Maxine Long and Mike Shafer, Defendants-Respondents, ABC Insurance Company, DEF Insurance Company and GHI Insurance Company, Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed May 22, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of James A. Drill and Anne E. Schmiege of Doar Drill, S.C. of New Richmond.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, Hazelden, the cause was submitted on the brief of Louise Dovre Bjorkman, Mark A. Solheim and Stephen P. Laitinen of Larson King, LLP of St. Paul, MN.

On behalf of defendants-respondents, Spooner Health System, Board of Directors of Spooner Health System, William Stewart III, Judy Cuskey, Maxine Long and Mike Shafer, the cause was submitted on the brief of Lindsay G. Arthur, Jr. of Arthur, Chapman, Kettering, Smetak & Pikala, P.A. of Minneapolis, MN.

Before CANE, C.J., HOOVER, P.J., and PETERSON, J.


¶ 1 HOOVER, P.J.

Hans Rechsteiner appeals a summary judgment dismissing his claims for negligence, malpractice, and defamation against Spooner Health System; its Board of Directors; directors Judy Cuskey, Maxine Long, and William Stewart, III; administrator Mike Shafer; and rehabilitation clinic Hazelden. Rechsteiner asserts the circuit court erred by concluding the defendants enjoyed statutory immunity. Rechsteiner also appeals an order denying his motion for...

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