MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - Wisconsin law prohibits hospitals from charging a fee for electronic medical records, the state’s highest court ruled, drawing a fierce dissent from conservative justices who invoked John Locke to accuse their liberal colleagues of a “remarkable misconception of democracy” and upholding “tyranny.”
The petitioner, University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority (UW Hospitals), seeks review of a court of appeals opinion reversing and remanding the circuit court's dismissal of Beatriz Banuelos's complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.