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OWENS v. STOKOE

No. 62789.

115 Ill.2d 177 (1986)

503 N.E.2d 251

CHARLES P. OWENS, Appellee, v. RACHEL A. STOKOE, Ex'r, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied January 30, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Peoria (David R. Sinn and Karen L. Kendall, of counsel), for appellant.

Strodel, Kingery & Durree, of Peoria (James R. Carter and Christopher P. Ryan, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Charles P. Owens (Owens), the plaintiff, brought an action in the circuit court of Tazewell County for medical malpractice against Dr. James S. Stokoe (Stokoe), a dentist. Stokoe died prior to the trial and Rachel, his wife and the executrix of his estate, was substituted as the defendant.

A jury returned a general verdict for the plaintiff in the amount of $40,000 but found that 75...

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