Limits on recovery by prisoners
1997 a. 133; 2005 a. 155 s. 66; Stats. 2005 s. 895.455.
A prisoner, as defined in s. 801.02 (7)
(a) 2., may not recover damages for mental or emotional injury unless the prisoner shows that he or she has suffered a physical injury as a result of the same incident that caused the mental or emotional injury.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.