Lagerstrom v. Myrtle Werth Hospital-Mayo Health System

¶ 123. 0dissenting). The plaintiff-appellant challenges the constitutionality of Wis. Stat. § 893.55(7). She also claims that the admission of "prejudicial evidence of collateral source payments so that [she] was awarded only her out-of-pocket medical expenses instead of the reasonable value of the *60medical expenses incurred" entitles her to a new trial as to medical expense damages. The majority opinion reformulates the issues, and then eviscerates a key component of the medical malpractice statute. Because the court's decision countermands legitimate legislative action, I respectfully…