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SPIDLE v. STEWARD

No. 51828.

79 Ill.2d 1 (1980)

402 N.E.2d 216

JUDITH MARIE SPIDLE et al., Appellants, v. LEE A. STEWARD et al. (Lee A. Steward, Appellee).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied March 28, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Owen, Marshall A. Susler and Linda M. Castleman, of Owen, Roberts, Susler & Murphy, of Decatur, for appellants.

William A. Sunderman, of Charleston, for appellee.

Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the court:

This case concerns the quantum and quality of evidentiary proof necessary to maintain medical malpractice actions based on res ipsa loquitur and negligence. In 1972, plaintiff Judith Marie Spidle underwent a supracervical hysterectomy after recurrent attacks of pelvic inflammatory...

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