HENRY v. ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL

No. 4-88-0491.

180 Ill. App.3d 558 (1989)

536 N.E.2d 221

ERICA HENRY, by her Mother and Next Friend, Jane Henry, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ST. JOHN'S HOSPITAL et al., Defendants (St. John's Hospital et al., Defendants-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Rehearing denied April 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graham & Graham, of Springfield, Pierce & Meyer, of Chicago, and Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Peoria (Hugh Graham III, John Meyer, Gary M. Peplow, and Karen L. Kendall, of counsel), for appellants.

Cook, Shevlin, Keefe & Ysursa, Ltd., of Belleville (Bruce N. Cook, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

PRESIDING JUSTICE McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

St. John's Hospital and Dr. Shari Fitzgerald (St. John's-Fitzgerald) appeal a trial court order finding them liable to plaintiff for $5,511,759, plus interest. This amount is the balance of a compensatory damages award resulting from a combined medical malpractice, products liability action brought by plaintiff, who settled after judgment with one group of defendants.<...

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