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McMILLEN v. CARLINVILLE AREA HOSPITAL

No. 4-82-0462.

114 Ill. App.3d 732 (1983)

450 N.E.2d 5

RHODA MAE McMILLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CARLINVILLE AREA HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied June 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Carl Runge, Jr., of Runge & Gumbel, P.C., of Collinsville, for appellant.

Richard F. Record, Jr., of Craig & Craig, of Mattoon, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WEBBER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal presents another facet in a rapidly developing area of the law: the application of the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to cases of medical malpractice.

The cause was tried to a jury in the circuit court of Macoupin County on a two-count complaint sounding in malpractice; count I alleged a theory of res ipsa loquitur (hereinafter for convenience RIL...

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