Estate of Capistrant v. Froedtert Memorial Lutheran Hospital, Inc.

¶ 1. The Wisconsin Patients Compensation Fund appeals from a judgment directing it to pay $2,108,065 plus costs to the plaintiff Patricia A. Capis-trant as the result of a jury's verdict finding that various physicians were responsible for the death of her husband, Mark Capistrant. The Fund contends that all of the primary insurance covering those physicians should be viewed as an homogenous pool of funds that must first be exhausted before the Fund's excess-liability coverage kicks in. We disagree and affirm. Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc., seeks frivolous-appeal costs under…