WETTERLING v. SOUTHARD

Appeal No. 2021AP1694.

997 N.W.2d 115 (2023)

2023 WI App 51

Renae WETTERLING, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mark SOUTHARD, MD, Sacred Heart Hospital Foundation, Inc., c/o Gregg Albert and Proassurance Wisconsin Insurance Company, Defendants, Preferred Professional Insurance Company and Sacred Heart Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, Defendants-Respondents, Wells Fargo & Company, Alliance Collection Agencies, Inc. and United Healthcare Services, Inc., Subrogated Defendants.

Court of Appeals of Wisconsin.

Oral Argument: August 15, 2023.

Opinion Filed: September 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

On behalf of the plaintiff-appellant, the cause was submitted on the briefs of Dana J. Wachs , Beverly Wickstrom and Kimberly Sweatt of Gingras, Thomsen & Wachs, Eau Claire. There was oral argument by Dana J. Wachs.

On behalf of the defendants-respondents, Preferred Professional Insurance Company and Sacred Heart Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, the cause was submitted on the brief of John F. Mayer and Justin F. Wallace of Mayer, Graff & Wallace LLP, Manitowoc. There was oral argument by John F. Mayer.

On behalf of the defendant-respondent, Wisconsin Injured Patients and Families Compensation Fund, the cause was submitted on the brief of Guy DuBeau of Axley Brynelson, LLP, Madison. There was oral argument by Guy DuBeau.

Before Stark, P.J., Hruz and Gill, JJ.


¶1 Renae Wetterling appeals from a summary judgment dismissing all of her claims against Sacred Heart Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis and its insurer Preferred Professional Insurance Company.1 Wetterling argues that the circuit...

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