Court Opinion

ID: 9740268
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 20:31:20.510487+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:17.212774
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CONNOR T. HANSEN, J.
(concurring). I concur with the result reached by the majority in this case. However, I am unable to join in the opinion of the court.
This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. Therefore, the single issue before this court is whether the complaint states any claim upon which relief can be granted, and this court is not required to determine whether the complaint states more than one claim for relief. Attoe v. Madison Pro. Policemen’s Asso., 79 Wis.2d 199, 205, 255 N.W.2d 489 (1977). The majority determined that the complaint states a claim against the defendants for negligent or intentional misconduct in the manner in which the autopsy was performed. Once a determination was made that the complaint adequately alleges a claim for relief, it was unnecessary for the majority to address the allegations constituting the second and third claims for relief. Moreover, in discussing the sufficiency of the second and third claims for relief, the opinion sets forth an extensive review of the powers of a medical examiner and the immunity of public officers, most of which is inappropriate and unnecessary since the only issue before this court is whether the pleadings set forth any facts upon which relief can be granted.
It is my opinion that in the instant case the court should direct its attention to the issue of the appeal in considering the review of an order denying a motion to dismiss a complaint. There is no need for this court to determine whether the complaint states several claims for relief. Neither is there any necessity to expound on the legal principles relating to the various theories of *704recovery alleged by the plaintiff. Ollerman v. O’Rourke Co., Inc., 94 Wis.2d 17, 55, 56, 288 N.W.2d 95 (1980) (HANSEN, J., concurring opinion).
Therefore, although I concur in the result reached by the majority, I respectfully decline to join the opinion.