SHEAHAN v. DEXTER

No. 3-84-0437.

136 Ill. App.3d 241 (1985)

483 N.E.2d 402

MARTHA B. SHEAHAN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DONALD H. DEXTER, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed August 30, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald C. Tenold, of Standard & Tenold, of Monmouth, for appellant.

Burrel Barash, of Barash, Stoerzbach & Henson, of Galesburg, for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE BARRY delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal by plaintiff Martha Sheahan is from a verdict and judgment in favor of defendant Dr. Donald Dexter in a medical malpractice suit arising out of the paralysis of her right vocal cord following a thyroidectomy performed by defendant on August 28, 1978, at McDonough District Hospital, Macomb.

The events leading up to plaintiff's surgery are not in dispute.

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