SHANNON v. SHANNON

No. 91-2494.

965 F.2d 542 (1992)

Christen M. SHANNON, a minor, by her Guardian ad Litem, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. James P. SHANNON and Edith A.R. Shannon, Defendants-Appellants, v. UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION, Commercial Union Insurance Companies, Steven Schultz, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 24, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 30, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James P. Shannon, Elkhorn, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant Christen M.

Daniel C. Sullivan, Sullivan & Associates, Oak Brook, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

James T. Lucke, David R. Cross (argued), Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellee West Allis Memorial Hosp. Employee Health Protection Plan.

Before WOOD, Jr., COFFEY, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied July 30, 1992.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Three-year old Christen Shannon, the daughter of James P. and Edith Anne Rachel Shannon, nearly drowned in a lake next to their home on July 1, 1984. Tragically, she suffered extensive brain damage and was left a non-communicative, spastic quadriplegic, requiring 24-hour, life-sustaining, medical care, which she has received at home since December 1984: her airways must...

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