GILL v. FOSTER

No. 74350.

626 N.E.2d 190 (1993)

157 Ill.2d 304

193 Ill.Dec. 157

Enos GILL, Appellant, v. James T. FOSTER, M.D., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harlan Heller, Maria Dunn and C. Steve Ferguson, Heller, Holmes & Associates, P.C., Mattoon, for appellant.

Randall A. Mead and David L. Drake, Drake, Narup & Mead, P.C., Springfield (Robert Marc Chemers, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtrd., Chicago, of counsel), for appellee James T. Foster.

Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria (Karen L. Kendall and Bradley S. McMillan, of counsel), and Daniel R. Simmons, Springfield, for appellee C.F. Aquino.

Nancy E. Martin and Richard J. Wilderson, Graham & Graham, Ltd., Springfield, for appellee St. John's Hospital.

Bruce Robert Pfaff, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Enos Gill, entered St. John's Hospital in Springfield, for evaluation and work-up for surgery to correct a chronic condition, reflux esophagitis. After surgery, as he was experiencing chest pain, plaintiff consulted his family physician, Dr. C.F. Aquino. Dr. Aquino subsequently hospitalized plaintiff in St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.

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