Estate of Otto v. Physicians Insurance Co. of Wisconsin, Inc.

¶ 1. The defendant, Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. (PIC), seeks review of a published decision of the court of appeals. For purposes of this review, the court of appeals affirmed a judgment by default rendered by the Circuit Court for Dunn County, Rod W Smeltzer, Judge,1 against PIC for damages suffered by plaintiffs Shelley Otto, Ashley Otto, Amanda Otto, and the Estate of Dale Otto (collectively, the plaintiff) as a result of the *88alleged medical malpractice of PIC's codefendant insureds. We affirm the decision of the court of appeals.

¶ 2. Our analysis is as follows:

I. We…