COVENANT HEALTHCARE v. CITY OF WAUWATOSA

Nos. 2009AP1469, 2009AP1470.

800 N.W.2d 906 (2011)

2011 WI 80

COVENANT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC., Plaintiff-Respondent-Petitioner, v. CITY OF WAUWATOSA, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided July 19, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the plaintiff-respondent-petitioner there were briefs by Don M. Millis , Kristina E. Somers , and Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren S.C., Madison, and oral argument by Don M. Millis.

For the defendant-appellant there was a brief by Robert Horowitz and Stafford Rosenbaum, L.L.P., Madison, Alan R. Kesner , city attorney and Beth Thorson Aldana assistant city attorney, Wauwatosa and oral argument by Robert Horowitz.

There was an amicus brief by Jennifer A. Slater Carlson and Legal Advantage, L.L.C., Cedarburg on behalf of Association of Assessing Officers.

There were amicus briefs by Beth Ermatinger Hanan and Chrispother P. Dombrowicki and Gass Weber Mullins, L.L.C., Milwaukee on behalf of Attorneys for Rural Wisconsin Heath Cooperative.

There was an amicus brief by Claire Silverman , Legal of Wisconsin Municipalities, Madison on behalf of League of Wisconsin Municipalities.

There were amicus briefs by David J. Edquist and von Breisen & Roper, S.C., Milwaukee on behalf of Attorneys for the Wisconsin Hospital Association.


MICHAEL J. GABLEMAN, J.

¶ 1 This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals1 that reversed the judgment and order of the circuit court for Milwaukee County, the Honorable Elsa C. Lamelas presiding, in favor of Covenant Healthcare System, Inc. (Covenant). Covenant is the sole member of the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Inc., (St.Joseph) which in turn owns the St. Joseph...

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