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MUNDELL v. LA PATA

No. 1-92-1245.

635 N.E.2d 933 (1994)

263 Ill. App.3d 28

200 Ill.Dec. 594

Maureen MUNDELL, a Minor, by Cynthia Mundell, her Mother and Next Friend, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Robert LA PATA, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

May 23, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Karr & Associates, Ltd., and David A. Novoselsky & Associates, Chicago, for plaintiff-appellant (David A. Novoselsky, of counsel).

Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago (Stephen R. Swofford, of counsel) and Bollinger, Ruberry & Garvey (John M Stalmack and John P. Sullvan, of counsel), Chicago, for defendant-appellee.

Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

In July 1985, plaintiff, Cynthia Mundell, filed a two-count medical negligence suit against defendant Robert La Pata, M.D., on behalf of her daughter, Maureen, alleging that Dr. La Pata was negligent in both prenatal and neo-natal care of her and Maureen, resulting in injury to Maureen.

Maureen Mundell was born on March 9, 1981, with a "brachial plexus" injury to her right arm. Brachial plexus is a paralyzing...

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