Snopek v. Lakeland Medical Center

Wisconsin law is that whenever a claim is being made against governmental bodies or its officers, agents or employees, no civil action may be commenced unless the claimant first gives notice of the claim to the government and satisfies the statutory conditions contained in § 893.80, Stats. This includes a medical malpractice claim brought against a governmental agency, which is governed by § 893.80(lm). A prior statute required that a malpractice claim had to be made "[w]ithin 120 days after the happening of the event giving rise to the claim

_" Section 895.43(l)(a), Stats., 1977. But the…