Johnson v. Misericordia Community Hospital

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals 1 affirming a judgment of the circuit court for Milwaukee County, the HON. JOHN E. MCCORMICK presiding. Judgment was entered in favor of the plaintiff-respondent, James Johnson, pursuant to a jury verdict finding the defendant-petitioner, Miseri-cordia Community Hospital (Misericordia), Milwaukee, negligent in granting orthopedic surgical privileges to Dr. Lester V. Salinsky.

This action arose out of a surgical procedure performed at Misericordia by Dr. Salinsky on July 11, 1975, in which he unsuccessfully attempted to remove a pin…