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Wisconsin Mass Tort Survey

    
 

   

Mass Tort
Wisconsin
Survey Results

Tracking and/or reporting of mass tort cases

None known.

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Definition of "mass tort"

None known.

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Procedural rules

See statutes (civil procedural rules are statutory).

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Statutes

Wisconsin Annotated Statute 808.03. Appeals to the court of appeals.


Wisconsin Annotated Statute 803.08. Class actions.


Wisconsin Annotated Statute 426.110. Class actions; injunctions; declaratory relief. (Wisconsin Consumer Act.).


Wisconsin Annotated Statute 802.12. Alternative dispute resolution. Defines available processes and gives judge authority to order parties to select a method of ADR.

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Case law

None known.

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Administrative orders

None known.

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Interlocutory appeal

None known.

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Infrastructure: special dockets

Medical mediation panels exist to assess strengths and weaknesses of claims. By law, all medical malpractice claims must go through this process before they can proceed to court. Panels consist of a lawyer, a health care provider, and a layperson who, together, provide early neutral evaluation of the case in hopes that claims without merit will be identified early, and that resolution of claims with merit will be expeditious. Decisions are non-binding and informal.

The state court of appeals, District I's program was started by the bar in 1991; District II, created a pilot mediation program in 2001. See Alternative Dispute Resolution Pilot Program Wisconsin Court of Appeals (September 2000).


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Infrastructure: task forces, commissions, or other policy-level bodies

Federal-State Judicial Council.

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Case management

None known.

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Technology

An E-filing pilot project is underway in circuit courts. See also the interim court rules governing the project, and the Electronic Filing Committee Report.

Consolidated Court Automation Programs (CCAP) supports the IT needs of Wisconsin's courts. In the circuit courts, CCAP provides case management; automated jury instructions; legal research tools; jury management; court information repository; interagency interface; updates; and personnel. CCAP policy and priorities are set by the CCAP Steering Committee. 


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Last Modified: 8/29/2006 9:55:13 AM

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