GAHL EX REL. ZINGSHEIM v. AURORA HEALTH CARE

No. 2021AP1787-FT.

989 N.W.2d 561 (2023)

2023 WI 35

Allen GAHL Attorney in fact, ON BEHALF OF his principal, John J. ZINGSHEIM, Petitioner-Respondent-Petitioner, v. AURORA HEALTH CARE, INC. d/b/a Aurora Medical Center — Summit, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Opinion Filed May 2, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the petitioner-respondent-petitioner, there were briefs filed by Karen L. Mueller and Amos Center for Justice & Liberty, Chippewa Falls. There was an oral argument by Karen L. Mueller.

For the respondent-appellant, there was a brief filed by Michael L. Johnson , Jason J. Franckowiak , Randall R. Guse , and Otjen Law Firm, S.C., Waukesha. There was an oral argument by Jason J. Franckowiak.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Ben Seel , Maher Mahmood , Patricia Epstein Putney , Melita M. Mullen , and Democracy Forward Foundation, Washington D.C., and Bell, Moore & Richter, S.C., Madison, for the American Medical Association and Wisconsin Medical Society.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Joseph W. Voiland and Veterans Liberty Law, Cedarburg, for the Front Line COVID-19 Critical Care Alliance.

An amicus curiae brief was filed by Andrew L. Schlafly , Rory E. O'Sullivan , and Rodli, Beskar, Neuhaus, Murray & Pletcher, S.C., River Falls, for the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons.

ANN WALSH BRADLEY, J., delivered the majority opinion of the Court, in which ZIEGLER, C.J., ROGGENSACK, DALLET, HAGEDORN, and KAROFSKY, JJ., joined. REBECCA GRASSL BRADLEY, J., filed a dissenting opinion.


¶1 The petitioner, Allen Gahl, who holds power of attorney for his uncle, John Zingsheim, seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals reversing the circuit court's issuance of an injunction. That injunction compelled Aurora Health Care, Inc., to administer a certain medical treatment to Zingsheim.

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