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MUSKAT v. STERNBERG

No. 64930.

122 Ill.2d 41 (1988)

521 N.E.2d 932

SYLVIA MUSKAT, Appellant, v. PAUL STERNBERG, M.D., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed March 23, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norbert N. Rosenthal, of Norbert N. Rosenthal & Associates, Ltd. (Paul Brooks Tarr, of counsel), and Harold A. Liebenson, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Thomas H. Fegan and Brian C. Fetzer, of Johnson, Cusack & Bell, of Chicago, for appellee Paul Sternberg.

Stanley J. Davidson and Peter A. Walsh, of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago, for appellee Highland Park Hospital.

James K. Meguerian and Luke DeGrand, of Isham, Lincoln & Beale, of Chicago, for appellees Intermedics, Inc. and Intermedics Intraocular, Inc.

James T. Newman, of Robert J. Cooney & Associates, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Appellate court affirmed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Sylvia Muskat, brought suit in the circuit court of Cook County for injuries allegedly suffered as a result of cataract removal surgery. The defendants included the surgeon, the hospital at which the operation was performed, and the manufacturer of a corrective lens which was implanted in the plaintiff's eye.

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