SIMMONS v. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPS. AND CLINICS

No. 1-91-2759.

617 N.E.2d 278 (1993)

247 Ill. App.3d 177

187 Ill.Dec. 70

Jennifer SIMMONS, Administrator of the Estate of Toussant Devon Simmons, a minor, deceased, Terrence Simmons and Jennifer Simmons, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITALS AND CLINICS d/b/a University of Chicago Medical Center and Luis Cibils, M.D., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

May 20, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, Chicago (William J. Furey, Timothy J. Ashe & Lynn D. Dowd, of counsel), Jenner & Block, Barry Sullivan, for defendants-appellants.

Edward R. Vrdolyak, Ltd., Chicago (Timothy Quinn & Gino P. Naughton, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Jennifer Simmons, Administrator of the Estate of Toussant Devon Simmons, deceased, on behalf of herself and Terrence Simmons, as parents and next of kin of the decedent, sought recovery under the Wrongful Death Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1981, ch. 70, Sec. 1 et seq.) against the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics (UCHC) and Luis Cibils, M.D. Plaintiff alleged that defendants' medical negligence caused the...

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