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GATLIN v. RUDER

No. 3-87-0809.

178 Ill. App.3d 1059 (1989)

534 N.E.2d 177

BENJAMIN GATLIN, by his Mother and Next Friend, Marla Gatlin, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BERNARD RUDER, Defendant-Appellee (Riverside Medical Center, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed January 31, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen Masters, of Stephen Masters & Associates, of Joliet, and Leonard M. Ring, of Leonard M. Ring & Associates, of Chicago (Margaret A. McGuire, of counsel), for appellant.

J. Dennis Marek, of Ackman, Marek, Boyd & Simutis, of Kankakee (Robert W. Boyd, of counsel), for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WOMBACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 29, 1974, the plaintiff, Benjamin Gatlin, was delivered as a live birth by caesarean section at Riverside Medical Center by Dr. Bernard Ruder.

Subsequent to the birth it was discovered that the plaintiff had scratches and a bruise on his head. A small abrasion was later noted on his right ear. Today the plaintiff suffers from cerebral palsy.

The plaintiff, through...

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