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COCKRUM v. BAUMGARTNER

Nos. 80-1245, 80-1300 cons.

99 Ill. App.3d 271 (1981)

425 N.E.2d 968

DONNA COCKRUM et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DR. GEORGE BAUMGARTNER et al., Defendants-Appellees. — EDNA RAJA, a/k/a Edna Acker, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DR. A. TULSKY, Defendant. — (MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellee.)

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

Rehearing denied September 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ash, Anos, Harris & Freedman and Addis & Brenner, Ltd., both of Chicago, for appellants Edna Raja and Afzal Raja.

Faber & Cunniff, Ltd., and Keith L. West, both of Chicago, for appellants Donna Cockrum and Leon Cockrum.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago, for appellee Dr. George Baumgartner.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago, for appellee Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE JIGANTI delivered the opinion of the court:

The question raised by these two cases, consolidated on appeal, is whether the parents of a healthy child born as a result of a negligently performed sterilization operation or a negligent misdiagnosis of pregnancy, may recover as an element of damages the expenses of raising and educating the child.

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