{"id":388,"date":"2010-05-12T21:13:49","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T03:13:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wis-injury.com\/blog\/?p=388"},"modified":"2010-05-12T21:17:47","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T03:17:47","slug":"after-a-fathers-crusade-gov-doyle-signs-bill-ending-the-need-to-give-state-180-days-notice-of-malpractice-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wis-injury.com\/blog\/2010\/05\/after-a-fathers-crusade-gov-doyle-signs-bill-ending-the-need-to-give-state-180-days-notice-of-malpractice-suits.html","title":{"rendered":"After A Father’s Crusade, Gov. Doyle Signs Bill Ending 180-Days Notice To State Of Malpractice Suits"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Dr. Eric Rice fought long and hard on behalf of his deceased daugther, and Tuesday he succeeded in changing Wisconsin law.<\/p>\r\n

That’s because Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signed a\u00a0bill Tuesday that\u00a0eliminates the need to notify the state within 180 days if a malpractice suit is planned against a government health care provider. http:\/\/www.wisjustice.org\/WI\/index.cfm?event=showPage&pg=180DayBillsigned<\/a><\/p>\r\n

Dr. Rice, a Middleton resident,\u00a0lost his daughter Erin in 1999 and soon learned of the 180-day notice, which he felt was unfair.\u00a0 His spearheaded a fight to change it, with the goal\u00a0that Wisconsin families should be afforded fair and equal treatment under the law, regardless of which hospital or health care provider is used.<\/p>\r\n

Simply put, the new law\u00a0basically means that government health care providers will now be\u00a0 subject to the same statutes of limitations for medical malpractice as privately run health systems. The new law is expected to be effective\u00a0in about two weeks.<\/p>\r\n

\u00a0The legislation was sponsored by\u00a0Sen. Fred Risser, D-Madison, and Rep. David Cullen, D-Milwaukee. They are to be congratulated on behalf\u00a0 of Wisconsin’s citizens.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

The Wisconsin Association for Justice lauded the legislation, saying, “The new law\u00a0will be of great benefit to citizens of this state who use University of Wisconsin health facilities or other state or local government health care providers. By eliminating the need to file notice of a malpractice suit within 180 days, more people who have been harmed or wronged will be able to seek justice and restitution for their injuries.”<\/p>\r\n

More than a decade after her death,\u00a0Dr. Rice won one for Erin.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n

“Measures such as this help protect the citizens of Wisconsin and continue to make the Badger state a wonderful place to live and work,” the Wisconsin justice association said.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dr. Eric Rice fought long and hard on behalf of his deceased daugther, and Tuesday he succeeded in changing Wisconsin law. That’s because Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signed a\u00a0bill Tuesday that\u00a0eliminates the need to notify the state within 180 days if a malpractice suit is planned against a government health care provider. http:\/\/www.wisjustice.org\/WI\/index.cfm?event=showPage&pg=180DayBillsigned Dr. Rice, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[449,4,6,34],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-medical-malpractive-suits","tag-wisconsin-attorney","tag-wisconsin-law","tag-wisconsin-medical-malpractice"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t