CISARIK v. PALOS COMMUNITY HOSP.

No. 69807.

579 N.E.2d 873 (1991)

144 Ill.2d 339

162 Ill.Dec. 59

Kelly Lynn CISARIK, a Minor, by Nancy CISARIK, her Mother and Next Friend, et al., v. PALOS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL et al. (Ann Herbert, Contemnor-Appellee; Palos Community Hospital, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 26, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lunn M. Egan, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, for Palos Community Hosp.

Martha A. Churchill, Mid-America Legal Foundation, Chicago, for amici curiae Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Mfrs. Assoc., and Mid-America Legal Foundation.

Barry D. Goldberg, Goldberg & Goldberg, David A. Novoselsky, Chicago, for Ann Herbert.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago.


Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a medical malpractice case brought by a brain-damaged infant against a hospital and others. As part of plaintiff's case in chief, her counsel intends to produce a motion picture of plaintiff which would depict a typical day in her life. The purpose of the movie is to give the jury a grasp of the full extent of plaintiff's disabilities and handicaps.

Defense counsel asked for and obtained from the trial...

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