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LIGHT v. PROCTOR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

No. 3-88-0411.

182 Ill. App.3d 563 (1989)

538 N.E.2d 828

JILL LIGHT, Indiv. and as Special Adm'r of the Estate of her Unborn Fetus, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PROCTOR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed May 4, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Goldfine & Bowles, P.C., of Peoria (LeRoy A. Compton, of counsel), for appellant.

Karen L. Kendall, of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Peoria (Rex K. Linder, of counsel), for appellee Proctor Community Hospital.

Murvel Pretorius, Jr., of Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, Chartered, of Peoria (Donna W. Cruz, of counsel), for appellee Tri-County Radiologists, Ltd.

Livingston, Barger, Brandt & Schroeder, of Bloomington (Susan Brandt, of counsel), for appellee Thomas McGuffin.

Judgment affirmed.

PRESIDING JUSTICE WOMBACHER delivered the opinion of the court:

On August 2, 1984, the plaintiff, Jill Light, underwent a thyroid scan while a patient at the defendant Proctor Community Hospital. In the course of or subsequent to the procedure, the plaintiff learned that she was pregnant. Pursuant to the recommendation of the radiologist, she terminated her pregnancy.

The plaintiff...

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