895.455 Limits on recovery by prisoners.
895.457 Limiting felon's right to damages.
895.46 State and political subdivisions thereof to pay judgments taken against officers.
895.463 Zoning ordinances.
895.47 Indemnification of the Wisconsin State Agencies Building Corporation and the Wisconsin State Public Building Corporation.
895.472 Indemnification of a financial institution.
SUBCHAPTER II
EXEMPTIONS FROM, AND LIMITATIONS ON, LIABILITY
895.475 Exemption from civil liability for furnishing safety inspection or advisory services.
895.476 Civil liability exemption; exposure to the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19.
895.478 Civil liability exemption; opioid antagonists.
895.48 Civil liability exemption; emergency medical care.
895.4801 Immunity for health care providers during COVID-19 emergency.
895.4802 Civil liability exemption; hazardous materials.
895.4803 Civil liability exemption; information concerning paternity.
895.481 Civil liability exemption; equine activities.
895.482 Civil liability exemption; ski patrol members.
895.483 Civil liability exemption; regional and local emergency response teams and their sponsoring agencies.
895.484 Civil liability exemption; entering a vehicle to render assistance.
895.485 Civil liability exemption; out-of-home care providers and child-placing agencies.
895.486 Civil immunity exemption; reports of insurance fraud.
895.487 Civil liability exemption; employment references.
895.488 Civil liability exemption; owner or person in lawful possession of the premises.
895.489 Civil liability exemption; tenancy references.
895.492 Civil liability exemption; certificate of qualification for employment.
895.497 Civil liability exemption: furnishing safety services relating to child safety restraint systems.
895.501 Civil liability exemption; credit card reencoders and scanning devices.
895.506 Civil liability exemption; weight gain and obesity claims.
895.508 Liability exemption; provision of previously owned eyeglasses.
895.51 Civil liability exemption: food or emergency household products; emergency medical supplies; donation, sale, or distribution.
895.512 Civil liability exemption; access to toilet facility.
895.514 Civil liability exemption; Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan and Authority.
895.515 Civil liability exemption; equipment or technology donation.
895.517 Civil liability exemption: solid waste donation or sale.
895.519 Civil liability exemption; private campgrounds.
895.52 Recreational activities; limitation of property owners' liability.
895.523 Recreational activities in a school building or on school grounds; limitation of liability.
895.524 Participation in an agricultural tourism activity; limitations on civil liability, assumption of risk.
895.525 Participation in recreational activities; restrictions on civil liability, assumption of risk.
895.526 Participation in an alpine sport; restrictions on civil liability, assumption of risk.
895.5265 Civil liability exemption; placement of certain structures in waterways.
895.527 Sport shooting range activities; limitations on liability and restrictions on operation.
895.528 Civil liability exemption; placement of markers in waterways.
895.529 Civil liability limitation; duty of care owed to trespassers.
895.53 Civil and criminal liability exemption; tests for intoxication.
895.535 Civil and criminal liability exemption; body cavity search.
895.537 Liability exemption; sexual assault evidence collection.
895.54 Liability exemption; notification of release.
895.55 Liability exemption; oil discharge control.
895.555 Civil liability exemption; anhydrous ammonia.
895.56 Liability exemption; handling of petroleum-contaminated soil under contract with the department of transportation.
895.57 Damages and immunity; unauthorized release of animals.
895.58 Liability exemption; use of special waste under public works contracts.
895.61 Asbestos successor corporation; limitation on liability.
895.62 Use of force in response to unlawful and forcible entry into a dwelling, motor vehicle, or place of business; civil liability immunity.
SUBCHAPTER III
STRUCTURED SETTLEMENT TRANSFERS
895.66 Mandatory disclosures.
895.67 Approval of transfers of structured settlement payment rights.
895.68 Effects of transfer of structured settlement payment rights.
895.70 General provisions.
DAMAGES, RECOVERY, AND MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS REGARDING ACTIONS IN COURTS
895.01
895.01
What actions survive; actions not to abate. 895.01(1)(am)
(am) In addition to the causes of action that survive at common law, all of the following also survive:
895.01(1)(am)2.
2. Causes of action for the recovery of personal property or the unlawful withholding or conversion of personal property.
895.01(1)(am)3.
3. Causes of action for the recovery of the possession of real estate and for the unlawful withholding of the possession of real estate.
895.01(1)(am)8.
8. Causes of action for all damage done to the property rights or interests of another.
895.01(1)(am)10.
10. Causes of action for damages done to real or personal estate.
895.01(1)(am)14.
14. Equitable actions for specific performance of contracts relating to real estate.
895.01(1)(bm)
(bm) Causes of action for wrongful death shall survive the death of the wrongdoer whether or not the death of the wrongdoer occurred before or after the death of the injured person.
895.01(2)
(2) An action does not abate by the occurrence of any event if the cause of action survives or continues.
895.01 History
History: Sup. Ct. Order, 67 Wis. 2d 585, 760 (1975), 771;
1977 c. 176;
1987 a. 399;
1993 a. 481;
1999 a. 85;
2007 a. 101.
895.01 Annotation
Punitive damages incident to damages for the pain and suffering of a decedent may be awarded to the estate. Wangen v. Ford Motor Co.,
97 Wis. 2d 260,
294 N.W.2d 437 (1980).
895.01 Annotation
A paternity action may not be brought against a deceased putative father. N.L.B. v. G.B.,
140 Wis. 2d 400,
411 N.W.2d 144 (Ct. App. 1987).
895.01 Annotation
A claim for loss of enjoyment of life caused by professional negligence of mental health professionals survived the death of the alleged victim. Sawyer v. Midelfort,
227 Wis. 2d 124,
595 N.W.2d 423 (1999),
97-1969.
