Brantner v. Jenson

This is a review of a published decision of the court of appeals, Brantner v. Jenson, 120 Wis. 2d 63, 352 N.W.2d 671 (Ct. App. 1984), affirming a judgment of the circuit court for Eau Claire county, William D. O’Brien, Circuit Judge. The portion of the judgment in question awarded the plaintiff LaVern F. Brantner, Jr., damages for past, present and future mental distress relating to back surgery, which might possibly be performed in the future. The plaintiff’s orthopedic surgeon testified that he did not have any opinion to a reasonable degree of medical certainty about the necessity of the…