EVANS v. STOVAL

No. 79-790.

83 Ill. App.3d 257 (1980)

403 N.E.2d 1321

LYNN EVANS, Plaintiff, v. RICHARD STOVAL, M.D., et al., Defendants. — (RICHARD STOVAL, M.D., Petitioner-Appellee, v. FRANK J. MACKEY, JR., Respondent-Appellant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed April 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sidney Z. Karasik, of Chicago, for appellant.

J. Scott Swaim, of Swaim & Swaim, of Kankakee, for appellee.


Judgment reversed.

Mr. JUSTICE STENGEL delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 26, 1975, plaintiff Lynn Evans, by his attorney Frank J. Mackey, Jr., filed a complaint against Dr. Richard Stoval and certain others. Insofar as it is relevant, the complaint alleged that on March 1, 1973, Dr. Stoval "[c]arelessly and negligently performed back surgery" on Evans, that he "[c]arelessly and negligently failed to order proper laboratory workups and diagnostic...

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