Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Phelps v. Physicians Ins. Co. of Wisconsin, Inc.

Wisconsin Supreme Court

Decided June 22, 2005No. 2003AP580Published

1ConcurrenceDavid T. Prosser, J.

¶ 67. {concurring in part, dissenting in part). Practically speaking, medical residents "provide health care." Yet the majority concludes that medical residents are not "health care providers" *107by applying a strict interpretation of the definitions in Wis. Stat. ch. 655 to the term "health care provider" in Wis. Stat. § 893.55(4)(b).

¶ 68. However "anomalous" this determination might be,1 it would be tolerable if the majority simultaneously recognized that the legislature has for years extended the coverage of chapter 655 and Wis. Stat. § 893.55(4)(c) and (f) to an "employee of a health care…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Local 174, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers v. Lucas Flour Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. Hartung v. HartungWisconsin Supreme Court · 1981
  3. Pamperin v. Trinity Memorial HospitalWisconsin Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Morden v. Continental AGWisconsin Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Maurin v. HallWisconsin Supreme Court · 2004

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