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ZOSTAUTAS v. ST. ANTHONY DePADUA HOSP.

No. 36316.

23 Ill.2d 326 (1961)

178 N.E.2d 303

JULIA ZOSTAUTAS, Admx. et al., Appellants, v. ST. ANTHONY DePADUA HOSPITAL et al. — (V.P. TUMASONIS, Appellee.)

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SHERWOOD & GROEBE, and NORVILLE, WALSH & CASE, both of Chicago, (LEWIS G. GROEBE and ROBERT O. CASE, of counsel,) for appellants.

HINSHAW, CULBERTSON, MOELMANN & HOBAN, of Chicago, (OSWELL G. TREADWAY, of counsel,) for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SOLFISBURG delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an action for damages by Julia Zostautas, as administratrix, and in her own right as mother, and by John J. Zostautas, as father, for the death of their five-year-old son while undergoing a tonsilectomy, against the surgeon, anesthetist, hospital and nurse. The amended complaint, consisting of six counts, sets forth claims under the Wrongful Death Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1959...

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