Wisconsin Court Seems Unlikely to Invalidate Covid Immunity Law

The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s seven justices appeared skeptical Monday of arguments that would allow a stillborn baby’s parents to sue a Milwaukee hospital over care that allegedly led to his death.

Mark Larson, of Gutglass, Erickson, Larson & Schneider SC, defended Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital Milwaukee Inc.'s use of a law shielding health-care providers from suits for negligence during the Covid-19 public emergency against claims that the provision violated the Wisconsin Constitution’s guarantee of a right to a jury trial.

He challenged the appeals court’s view that the statute wasn’t narrowly tailored to address a problem with health-care access during ...