Savannah Wren v. Columbia St. Mary's Hospital Milwaukee, Inc.

2026 WI 11

SAVANNAH WREN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COLUMBIA ST. MARY’S HOSPITAL MILWAUKEE, INC., et al., Defendants-Respondents-Petitioners. No. 2024AP126 Decided April 10, 2026 REVIEW of a decision of the Court of Appeals Milwaukee County Circuit Court (Kashoua Kristy Yang, J.) No. 2023CV4960 JILL J. KAROFSKY, C.J., delivered the majority opinion for a unanimous Court. ¶1 JILL J. KAROFSKY, C.J. In March of 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the governor declared a state of emergency. Shortly thereafter, he signed into law an act that created WIS. STAT. § 895.4801 (2021–22).1…