DeCASTRIS v. GUTTA

No. 2-91-0624.

604 N.E.2d 359 (1992)

237 Ill. App.3d 168

178 Ill.Dec. 103

Muriel DeCASTRIS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gandhi GUTTA, Defendant-Appellant (M. DePetrouch et al., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Barr, Jr., and Randy J. Curato, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, of Chicago, for Gandhi Gutta, M.D.

David B. Selig, of Sussman, Selig & Ross, and Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago, for Muriel DeCastris.


Justice UNVERZAGT delivered the opinion of the court:

This action was brought to recover damages occasioned by the alleged medical negligence of the defendants in treating the plaintiff, Muriel DeCastris. Trial proceeded on plaintiff's third-amended complaint against only defendant Gandhi Gutta, M.D. Dr. Gutta severed plaintiff's bile duct during gallbladder surgery in 1984, leading to a series of complications including pancreatitis, infections and the need for an...

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