Butzow v. Wausau Memorial Hospital

Normally, the proper venue of the first cause of action is Price county where the fall on the sidewalk occurred and all the defendants resided, sec. 261.01 (12), Stats.; and the proper venue for the action for malpractice against the Wausau Memorial Hospital is Marathon county, the principal place of business of the hospital, sec. 261.01 (6). Consequently, if sec. 263.04 1 is applicable, these two causes of action cannot be joined because they require different places of trial.

The appellant argues the venue statute is not applicable to this joinder because the accident tort-feasors and the…