McLAUGHLIN v. RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S MED. CENTER

No. 77-193.

68 Ill. App.3d 546 (1979)

386 N.E.2d 334

JAMES A. McLAUGHLIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed January 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome M. Brooks and Harry Horn, both of Chicago, for appellant.

French & Rogers, of Chicago (Richard G. French, Joseph A. Terc, and Timothy G. Keating, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, James A. McLaughlin, brought suit against defendant, Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center,1 for personal injuries sustained when a subclavian catheter was lost in plaintiff's body due to defendant's alleged negligence. After the case was tried before a jury on the theory of res ipsa loquitur, a verdict was returned for defendant and...

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