Ehlinger v. Sipes

Decided May 2, 1990. Donald W. Steinmetz wrote the opinion for the court.

454 N.W.2d 754 · Cited 90 times

Official text

Read the full opinion (CourtListener)

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Schuster v. Altenberg · 424 N.W.2d 159
• Dumer v. St. Michael's Hospital · 233 N.W.2d 372
• Merco Distributing Corp. v. Commercial Police Alarm Co. · 267 N.W.2d 652
• Lobermeier v. General Tel. Co. of Wisconsin · 349 N.W.2d 466
• Finn v. Schammel · 412 N.W.2d 147
• Sumnicht v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. · 360 N.W.2d 2
• Roberson v. Counselman · 686 P.2d 149
• Johnson v. Misericordia Community Hospital · 294 N.W.2d 501
• Francois v. Mokrohisky · 226 N.W.2d 470
• Dettmann v. Flanary · 273 N.W.2d 348
• Ehlinger v. Sipes · 434 N.W.2d 825
• Herskovits v. Group Health Cooperative · 664 P.2d 474
• Christianson v. Downs · 279 N.W.2d 918
• Sherer v. James · 351 S.E.2d 148
• Sanem v. Home Insurance Co. · 350 N.W.2d 89
• Carson v. City of Beloit · 32 Wis. 2d 282
• Gegan v. Backwinkel · 417 N.W.2d 44
• Hamil v. Bashline · 392 A.2d 1280
• McKellips v. Saint Francis Hospital, Inc. · 741 P.2d 467
• Evers v. Dollinger · 471 A.2d 405
• Jones v. Montefiore Hospital · 431 A.2d 920
• Thompson v. Sun City Community Hospital, Inc. · 688 P.2d 605
• Johnson v. Misericordia Community Hospital · 301 N.W.2d 156
• Purcell v. Zimbelman · 500 P.2d 335
• Pillsbury-Flood v. Portsmouth Hospital · 128 N.H. 299

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

• Beacon Bowl, Inc. v. Wisconsin Electric Power Co. · 501 N.W.2d 788
• Snyder Ex Rel. Snyder v. Contemporary Obstetrics & Gynecology, P.C. · 605 N.W.2d 782
• Martin Ex Rel. Scoptur v. Richards · 500 N.W.2d 691
• Zak v. Zifferblatt · 2006 WI App 79
• Kramer v. Lewisville Memorial Hospital · 858 S.W.2d 397
• Fischer Ex Rel. Fischer v. Ganju · 485 N.W.2d 10
• Kilpatrick v. Bryant · 868 S.W.2d 594
• School Board of the Pardeeville Area School District v. Bomber · 214 Wis. 2d 397
• Weymers v. Khera · 563 N.W.2d 647
• Falcon v. Memorial Hospital · 462 N.W.2d 44
• World Wide Prosthetic Supply, Inc. v. Mikulsky · 2001 WI App 133
• Wollen v. DePaul Health Center · 828 S.W.2d 681
• Joshi v. Providence Health System of Oregon Corp. · 149 P.3d 1164
• McMackin v. Johnson County Healthcare Center · 2004 WY 44
• United States v. Anderson · 669 A.2d 73
• Rechsteiner v. Hazelden · 2008 WI 97
• Delaney v. Cade · 756 F. Supp. 1476
• Select Creations, Inc. v. Paliafito America, Inc. · 911 F. Supp. 1130
• VanHIERDEN v. SWELSTAD · 2010 WI App 16
• Mayhue v. Sparkman · 627 N.E.2d 1354
• Kendrick v. East Delavan Baptist Church · 886 F. Supp. 1465
• Wade v. Castillo · 658 F. Supp. 2d 906
• Rechsteiner v. Hazelden · 2007 WI App 148
• Joy Global, Inc. v. Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development · 739 F. Supp. 2d 711
• Matsuyama v. Birnbaum · 452 Mass. 1

Explore from here

Donald W. Steinmetz’s Judicial Record · Wis. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).