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GARCIA v. EDGEWATER HOSP.

No. 1-90-3663.

613 N.E.2d 1243 (1993)

244 Ill. App.3d 894

184 Ill.Dec. 651

Alfredo GARCIA, Administrator of the Estate of Victoria Garcia, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDGEWATER HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellant, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant (Shiley, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissel & Brook, Chicago (Harold L. Jacobson, Hugh C. Griffin, David C. Hall, Sandra K. Macauley, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Carr & O'Rourke Associates, Chicago (Donald A. Carr, Roland P. Ernst, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago (Robert F. Finke, Michele Odorizzi, Priscilla P. Weaver, Kurt D. Williams, of counsel), for third-party defendant-appellee.

Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Edgewater Hospital (Edgewater), appeals an $845,000 jury verdict rendered against it in a wrongful death action brought by Plaintiff, Alfredo Garcia (Plaintiff), as administrator of the estate of his deceased wife, Victoria Garcia (Mrs. Garcia).

While at Edgewater, Mrs. Garcia died after surgery performed by Dr. Jafar Shah-Mirany (Dr. Shah-Mirany). At trial, Plaintiff's sole theory against Edgewater...

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