BOATMEN'S NATT. BANK v. MARTIN

No. 73328.

614 N.E.2d 1194 (1993)

155 Ill.2d 305

185 Ill.Dec. 509

BOATMEN'S NATIONAL BANK OF BELLEVILLE, Guardian of the Estate of Leona Groboski, a Disabled Person, Appellee, v. Thomas MARTIN, M.D., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary M. Peplow, Karen Kendall, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, and Richard M. Roessler and Thomas R. Peters, Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, Belleville, for appellant.

Stephan M. Tillery, Michael B. Marker, Carr, Korein, Tillery, Kunin, Montroy, Glass & Bogard, East St. Louis, for appellee.

Mary W. McDade, Quinn, Johnston, Henderson & Pretorius, Peoria, for amicus curiae Ill. Assoc. of Defense Trial Counsel.

Bruce Robert Pfaff, Chicago, for amicus curiae Ill. Trial Lawyers Assoc.


JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Leona Groboski filed a medical malpractice action in the circuit court of Madison County against defendant, Thomas Martin, M.D., seeking damages for defendant's alleged failure to diagnose a hemorrhage in Groboski's brain. Boatmen's National Bank of Belleville was subsequently appointed as Groboski's guardian and thus became the nominal plaintiff in Groboski's action. The jury returned a verdict in the amount of...

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