DUBIN v. MICHAEL REESE HOSP. & MED. CENTER

No. 52558.

83 Ill.2d 277 (1980)

415 N.E.2d 350

RICHARD DUBIN et al., Appellees, v. MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 29, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook (William P. Dorr, Harold L. Jacobson and Hugh C. Griffin, of counsel), and McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug (John F. White, Robert S. Soderstrom and James P. DeNardo, of counsel), all of Chicago, for appellant.

Anesi, Ozmon, Lewin & Associates, Ltd., of Chicago (Nat P. Ozmon, Mark Novak and Dario A. Garibaldi, of counsel), for appellees.

Harry L. Kinser and Kenneth C. Robbins, of McLaughlin, Kinser & Bryant, of Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois Hospital Association and Chicago Hospital Council.

James Fletcher, of Winston & Strawn, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois State Medical Society.

Paul G. Gebhard and Douglas J. Polk, of Vedder, Price, Kaufman & Kammholz, of Chicago, for amicus curiae American College of Radiology.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Richard Dubin, Carla Gifford and Joan Debra Kurlan, filed separate complaints in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, seeking compensation for personal injuries received as a result of X-radiation administered by defendant. The complaints contained two counts: one count based on negligence...

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