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Apr 23, 2014

Walker signs another round of law-related bills

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

Mar 20, 2014

Bill changing doctor notification law passes

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

Feb 18, 2014

Senate votes to expand informed consent

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

Oct 15, 2013

Informed consent bill passes Senate

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

Oct 10, 2013

Trial lawyers not happy with ‘informed consent’ amendment

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.

May 9, 2013

Assembly passes informed consent bill

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.

May 8, 2013

Assembly to take up informed consent bill

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.

Apr 25, 2013

Two tort-reform proposals move ahead, one likely dies (UPDATE)

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

Apr 25, 2013

Proposal changing informed consent law advances (UPDATE)

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.

Apr 12, 2013

Malpractice stats don’t support fears about informed-consent law (UPDATE)

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.”

Apr 8, 2013

GOP proposal would change informed consent law

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.

Dec 5, 2012

Torts — medical malpractice — informed consent

2011AP2654, 2012AP108 Estate of June Anderson, et al. v. Bartel

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