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NEUBERG v. MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER

Nos. 81-3160, 82-66 cons.

118 Ill. App.3d 93 (1983)

454 N.E.2d 684

LEROY NEUBERG et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Rehearing denied October 17, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles E. Adler, of Law Offices of Joseph I. Adler, of Chicago, for appellants.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago, for appellees Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center and Michael Reese Research Foundation.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago, for appellee Samuel J. Pearlman.

Pretzel & Stouffer Chartered, of Chicago, for appellees Executors of the Estate of Philip Rosenblum.

Reversed and remanded in 81-3160 Affirmed in part, and reversed and remanded in part in 82-66.

JUSTICE McGLOON delivered the opinion of the court:

Tonsil X-ray treatment was administered to plaintiffs' sons (Leland and Joel Neuberg) in 1947, prior to the discovery that tonsil radiation was linked to thyroid cancer. One son developed thyroid cancer and the other developed a nodule that was thought to be cancerous. The treatment allegedly caused plaintiffs to...

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