WI: Another Bill to Allow Parents to Sue for Med Mal on Behalf of Their Adult Children

Wisconsin law does not allow the parents of adult children to sue on their behalf for medical malpractice.  For years, bills have been introduced to change the law (here is a post from last session), and Senator Harris Dodd is trying again.  This bill would allow parents to sue for their children up to age 27 if they die as the result of medical error.  This year’s bill is scaled back:

Earlier versions would have allowed adult children to sue if a parent died because of malpractice and also called for allowing parents of children of any age to sue for malpractice in death cases.

The Milwaukee Wisconsin J0urnal Sentinel has the story.