Robinson Ex Rel. Robinson v. Mount Sinai Medical Center

This is a review of a decision of the court of appeals, Robinson v. Mt. Sinai Medical Center, 127 Wis. 2d 285, 379 N.W.2d 326 (Ct. App. 1985), affirming an order of the circuit court for Milwaukee county, Honorable Marvin C. Holz, denying a defense motion for summary judgment. The issue presented is whether the services rendered by successive health care providers constituted a "continuum of negligent treatment” such that a single cause of action against these parties arose and the applicable statute of limitations did not begin to run until the last negligent act occurred.

We hold that, under…