The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had profound effects on virtually every aspect of society. Yet court records show at least 18 lawsuits filed on the hospitals behalf since then, including 15 filed on March 31 alone. The employees asked Thedacare if they would match the offer and were told no, so they went . Some legal practices, including in-person process serving, are at odds with public health during the pandemic, Roulette said. "Are the hospitals communicating their own policies internally, and are they communicating with their hired guns out there, making sure that they back off?" Get the latest on all things nursing by joining our email newsletter. A pediatrician who says he was wrongly targeted by overzealous child abuse investigators has sued Children's Wisconsin and several former colleagues at the Milwaukee hospital. UnityPoint Health, which acquired Meriter Heath Services in 2014, has 20 hospitals, all in Iowa or Illinois except for Meriter. Editor's note: This story was updated to correct the spelling of Gov. Nearly 200 Minnesota and Wisconsin health care workers have joined in a federal lawsuit against their employers in opposition to mandates they be vaccinated against the coronavirus that causes . Marshfield Clinic, which covers northern, central and western Wisconsin, has filed at least 14 since that date, followed by Bellin Health, based in Green Bay (11); La Crosse-based Gundersen Health System (10); and Aspirus Grand View Health System, which serves parts of northern Wisconsin (3). Weve definitely entered an alternate universe, Mr. Veenstra said, adding: Now we have managements incapable of controlling labor and asking courts to prevent the free market from happening. Over the last 17 years, medical malpractice lawsuits in Wisconsin dropped more than 50 percent, even though the state-run malpractice insurance fund sits at $1.2 trillion. Keary Bilka, an attorney representing Froedtert in the most recent suits, declined comment. LegalMatch matches you to pre-screened lawyers in your city or county based on the specifics of your case. She works five days each week from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., alternating work on the weekends.