Schulte v. Frazin

Compcare Health Services Insurance Corporation (Compcare) appeals from an order of the trial court (1) dismissing its cross-claim against co-defendants Lawrence J. Frazin, M.D., and his insurers, Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund (collectively, Frazin) and (2) denying it leave to amend the pleadings.

Lawrence Frazin performed spinal surgery on Barbara Schulte in June, 1988. During this surgery, a drill instrument entered her spinal cord causing permanent injury, which required extensive medical care and treatment. Compcare, as Schulte's…