Gordon v. Wisconsin Health Organization Insurance

The issue on appeal is whether Elsie M. and Albert J. Gordon were entitled to a "made whole" hearing pursuant to Rimes v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co., 106 Wis. 2d 263, 316 N.W.2d 348 (1982), before the trial court granted a default judgment against the tortfeasor and in favor of Wisconsin Health Organization (WHO), the Gordons' subrogated health insurance carrier. The trial court ruled that the Gordons were not entitled to a Rimes hearing. Based on Schulte v. Frazin, 176 Wis. 2d 622, 500 N.W.2d 305 (1993), a Wisconsin Supreme Court decision released after the trial court's…