Gov. Scott Walker signed 55 bills Wednesday, including several that could affect legal processes in Wisconsin.

A Wisconsin state law covering information doctors are required to tell patients would be expanded under a bill that has passed the state Assembly.

A Wisconsin state law covering what information doctors are required to tell patients would be expanded under a bill that has passed the Senate.

The state Senate passed a bill Tuesday governing what information doctors are obliged to provide to patients.

In amending a bill concerning what doctors must tell patients about alternatives to prescribed medical treatments, lawmakers have missed the mark, says the president of Wisconsin’s trial lawyers association.

The state Assembly on Wednesday passed a bill supported by many in the medical community that would no longer require doctors to give patients as much information about available alternative treatments.

Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a bill scheduled for a vote in the state Assembly.

Two Wisconsin tort reform proposals received approvals from a legislative judiciary committee Thursday and one more or less died.

Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a bill passed by an Assembly committee.

Lawmakers are arguing a recent Wisconsin Supreme Court decision warrants a change in decades-old law to prevent rises in malpractice suits filed and the practice of “defensive medicine.”

Doctors would not be required to give patients as much information about alternative treatments available to them under a Republican-sponsored bill on a fast track in the Legislature.

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Torts Medical malpractice; informed consent Ty Rubedor appeals a judgment and order following a jury verdict finding in favor of Dr. Douglas Kopp on Rubedor’s claim that Dr. Kopp failed to adequately obtain his informed consent prior to performing a medical procedure on his heart. Rubedor contends that the circuit court erred in limiting the admission of evidence relating to ...

Torts Medical malpractice; informed consent Dr. Mark Wikenheiser, the Medical Protective Company, and the Wisconsin Patient Compensation Fund (Wikenheiser) appeal an order granting Michael and Michelle Miller’s post-trial motions. Wikenheiser argues the trial court erred by (1) finding there was no credible evidence to support the jury’s determination that Wikenheiser provided sufficient information for Miller to give informed consent to ...