Estate of Hegarty Ex Rel. Hegarty v. Beauchaine

¶ 1. The estate of Sarah Hegarty and her parents, Jeremiah and Mary Hegarty, appeal from two separate orders of the circuit court granting summary judgment and dismissing all negligence claims against defendants, Mary Jo Zimmer, M.D., the Medical College of Wisconsin Affiliated Hospitals (Affiliated Hospitals), and their respective liability insur-*150anee carriers. Five issues are raised on appeal: (1) whether the plaintiffs waived their statute of limitations argument; (2) whether Wis. Stat. § 893.551 is the controlling statute of limitations for wrongful death actions caused by medical…