Wis. Stat. § 655.009

Actions against health care providers

Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case 213 Wis. 2d 507 - McEvoy Ex Rel. Finn v. Group Health Cooperative of Eau Claire (1997)

Most recently applied in Amanda Elliott v. R. Michael Cobb (September 2010)

1975 c. 37, 198, 199; 1983 a. 253; 1985 a. 340

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An action to recover damages on account of malpractice shall comply with the following:

(1) COMPLAINT. The complaint in such action shall not specify the amount of money to which the plaintiff supposes to be entitled.

(2) MEDICAL EXPENSE PAYMENTS. The court or jury, whichever is applicable, shall determine the amounts of medical expense payments previously incurred and for future medical expense payments.

(3) VENUE. Venue in a court action under this chapter is in the county where the claimant resides if the claimant is a resident of this state, or in a county specified in s. 801.50 (2)

(a) or (c) if the claimant is not a resident of this state.

Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.