SMITH v. VICTORY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

No. 2-87-0472.

167 Ill. App.3d 618 (1988)

521 N.E.2d 210

GABRIELLE SMITH, a Minor by Linda Smith, her Mother and Next Friend, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VICTORY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed March 16, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kiesler & Berman, of Chicago (John R. Garofalo, of counsel), for appellants.

Stephen R. Swofford and H. Anne McKee, both of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (Michael F. Henrick, of counsel), for appellee.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

Charles and Linda Smith and their minor daughter, Gabrielle, filed suit against Victory Memorial Hospital, alleging that Gabrielle was permanently injured when she experienced a period of oxygen deprivation prior to her birth at the hospital on January 19, 1979. The plaintiffs alleged that hospital personnel failed to detect the hypoxic...

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