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LIPSEY v. MICHAEL REESE HOSP.

No. 41987.

46 Ill.2d 32 (1970)

262 N.E.2d 450

ELISE LIPSEY, Appellant, v. MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 7, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES A. DOOLEY, of Chicago, for appellant.

CLAUSEN, HIRSH, MILLER & GORMAN, of Chicago, (JOHN R. CAFFREY and JAMES T. FERRINI, of counsel,) for appellee Michael Reese Hospital.

WILDMAN, HARROLD, ALLEN & DIXON, of Chicago, (BERNARD HARROLD, of counsel,) for appellee Gerald J. Menaker.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Elise Lipsey, brought suit on December 14, 1966, against Dr. Gerald Menaker and Michael Reese Hospital (hereafter, the Hospital) alleging that the defendants in 1963 negligently advised that a cancerous condition of the plaintiff was noncancerous, and as a consequence she was required to undergo a forequarter amputation of her left arm, shoulder and breast. Suit was...

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