Wisconsin’s Covid-19 Liability Shield Upheld in Stillbirth Case

A Wisconsin couple failed to revive their malpractice suit against a Milwaukee hospital after the state’s top court said a health care provider shield law in effect during the Covid-19 pandemic didn’t deprive them of their trial rights.

Wisconsin lawmakers validly suspended the common-law medical malpractice cause of action against health-care providers for a designated period in mid-2020, the Wisconsin Supreme Court said April 10.

Savannah Wren and Calvin Gordon’s baby was stillborn that May, meaning they didn’t have a valid cause of action—and without a cause of action, they had no state constitutional right to a jury trial, Chief ...