Fletcher v. Eagle River Memorial Hospital, Inc.

HEFFERNAN, CHIEF JUSTICE.

This is a review of a published court of appeals decision 1 which affirmed a judgment of the circuit court for Vilas county, James W. Karch, Circuit Judge for Florence and Forest counties, presiding, that concluded that Dr. Fred W. Fletcher could recover, under the aegis of 42 U.S.C. sec. 1983 2 one dollar in compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages for the deprivation of a property right, a consultative staff position at the Eagle River Memorial Hospital, without first being accorded appropriate procedural due-process protections.

We reverse under our…