SEIFERT EX REL. SCOPTUR v. BALINK

No. 2014AP195.

869 N.W.2d 493 (2015)

2015 WI App 59

Braylon SEIFERT, by his Guardian ad litem, Paul J. SCOPTUR, Kimberly Seifert and David Seifert, Plaintiffs-Respondents. Dean Health Insurance and BadgerCare Plus, Involuntary-Plaintiffs, v. Kay M. BALINK, M.D. and Proassurance Wisconsin Insurance Company, Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed July 30, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the defendants-appellants, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Samuel J. Leib and Brent A. Simerson of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, LLP, Milwaukee.

On behalf of the plaintiffs-respondents, the cause was submitted on the brief of Kenneth M. Levine of Kenneth M. Levine & Associates, LLC, Brookline, MA, and Paul J. Scoptur of Aiken & Scoptur, S.C., Milwaukee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SHERMAN and KLOPPENBURG, JJ.


¶ 1 This case concerns the admission of expert testimony and alleged prejudicial statements made during closing argument in a medical malpractice suit. Braylon Seifert suffered nerve damage at birth that resulted in the permanent impairment of his left arm. Braylon brought suit by...

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