CRNKOVICH v. ALMEIDA

No. 3-93-0896.

634 N.E.2d 1130 (1994)

261 Ill. App.3d 997

199 Ill.Dec. 776

Paul E. CRNKOVICH, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos ALMEIDA, M.D., Defendant-Appellee and (Graham Hospital Association, Defendant-Appellant, and Sharon Nuttall, Sharyl Ellis, and Ralph Froehling (Contemnor), Movants-Appellants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

May 18, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Froehling (argued), Froehling, Taylor & Weber, Canton, for Graham Hosp. Ass'n, Sharon Nuttall, Sharyl Ellis, Ralph Froehling.

Edward R. Durree, Lindsay W. Wright, Kingery, Durree, Wakeman & Ryan, Peoria, for Paul E. Crnkovich.

Roger R. Clayton, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, for Carlos Almeida.


Justice STOUDER delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Paul Crnkovich, brought a medical malpractice action against the defendants, Carlos Almeida, M.D., and Graham Hospital Association. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants' failure to properly observe and treat an infection that occurred at the site of his IV led to thrombophlebitis of the left wrist, staphylococcal epidural abscess and bacteria, resulting in quadriparesis, and necessitating surgical...

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