STEINBERG v. DUNSETH

No. 4-93-0569.

631 N.E.2d 809 (1994)

259 Ill. App.3d 533

197 Ill.Dec. 587

John STEINBERG and Jane Steinberg, as Administrators of the Estate of Shannan Steinberg, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. Ward DUNSETH, Dr. Jana Petra, and Passavant Area Hospital, Defendants (Dr. James Drennan, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided March 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rick Verticchio (argued), Phelps, Kasten, Verticchio & Ruyle, Gillespie, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert E. Gillespie, John E. Nolan (argued), William P. Hardy, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Springfield, for defendant-appellee.


Justice COOK delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal in a medical malpractice action from a grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant Drennan. The issue presented on appeal is whether an attending physician, under the facts of this case, can be held vicariously liable for a covering physician's negligence. We affirm.

Plaintiffs' decedent, Shannan Steinberg, incurred injuries in a car accident on July 11, 1991, and was admitted to the intensive...

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