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COCKRUM v. BAUMGARTNER

No. 55733.

95 Ill.2d 193 (1983)

447 N.E.2d 385

DONNA COCKRUM et al., Appellees, v. GEORGE BAUMGARTNER et al., Appellants. — EDNA RAJA et al., Appellees, v. A. TULSKY et al. (Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied April 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller (Stanley J. Davidson, E. Michael Kelly, and Michael R. Goldman, of counsel), and Lord, Bissell & Brook (Harold L. Jacobson, Robert B. Austin, Paul A. Brady, and Hugh C. Griffin, of counsel), all of Chicago, for appellants.

Kenneth L. Cunniff, of Chicago, and Keith L. West, of Mundelein (Jean A. Hellman, of counsel), for appellees Donna and Leon Cockrum.

Ash, Anos, Freedman & Logan, and Addis & Brenner, Ltd., all of Chicago (Lawrence M. Freedman, Sheldon A. Brenner, and James L. Glass, Jr., of counsel), for appellees Edna and Afzal Raja.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal concerns the extent of the damages that may be recovered in a malpractice action based on a so-called "wrongful pregnancy" or "wrongful birth." The issue was raised in two medical malpractice suits that were consolidated on appeal from the circuit court of Cook County to the appellate court. In both cases, the plaintiffs had alleged that but for the...

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