ESTATE OF GENRICH v. OHIC INS. CO.

No. 2007AP541.

769 N.W.2d 481 (2009)

2009 WI 67

ESTATE OF Robert V. GENRICH and Kathy Genrich, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Petitioners, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Involuntary-Plaintiff, v. OHIC INSURANCE COMPANY; Wisconsin Injured Patients & Families Compensation Fund; Meriter Hospital, Inc.; Margaret Bjelde, R.N.; Shelly White, O.R.T.; Kimberly A. Brown, O.R.T.; David Melnick, M.D.; Brenda Satchie, M.D.; University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority; and Dawn M. Shaw, O.R.T., Defendants-Respondents.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 7, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiffs-appellants-petitioners there were briefs filed by Jason T. Studinski and Kammer & Studinski Chartered, Portage, and oral argument by Jason T. Studinski.

For the defendants-respondents there was a brief by David J. Pliner and Corneille Law Group, LLC, Madison, and oral argument by David J. Pliner.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Robert L. Jaskulski, Linda M. Meagher, and Habush Habush & Rottier, S.C., Milwaukee, on behalf of Wisconsin Association for Justice.


¶ 1 PATIENCE DRAKE ROGGENSACK, J.

We review an unpublished decision1 of the court of appeals that affirmed a decision of the circuit court2 granting summary judgment in favor of OHIC Insurance Company and other defendants (collectively, OHIC). Our review requires us to address two issues: (1) whether the claim of the Estate of Robert V. Genrich (the estate) for "injury" to Robert Genrich (Robert) that...

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