Wisconsin Statutes > Chapter 148 – Medical societies


§ 148.01	Definition
§ 148.015	State society
§ 148.02	County societies
§ 148.03	Service insurance corporations for health care
§ 148.04	Definitions applicable to indemnification and insurance provisions
§ 148.05	Mandatory indemnification
§ 148.06	Determination of right to indemnification
§ 148.07	Allowance of expenses as incurred
§ 148.09	Medical society may limit indemnification
§ 148.11	Additional rights to indemnification and allowance of expenses
§ 148.13	Court-ordered indemnification
§ 148.15	Indemnification and allowance of expenses of employees and agents
§ 148.17	Insurance
§ 148.19	Reliance by directors or officers
§ 148.21	Consideration of interests in addition to members’ interests
§ 148.23	Limited liability of directors and officers

Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
Indemnification: In general, a collateral contract or assurance under which one person agrees to secure another person against either anticipated financial losses or potential adverse legal consequences. ^{Source: FDIC}
Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
real property: includes lands, tenements and hereditaments and all rights thereto and interests therein. See Wisconsin Statutes 990.01
Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.