CREIGHTON v. THOMPSON

No. 1-92-1921.

639 N.E.2d 234 (1994)

266 Ill.App.3d 61

203 Ill.Dec. 195

Ruth CREIGHTON, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Robert Creighton, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Delores THOMPSON, Special Administrator of the Estate of Charles E. Thompson, M.D., Deceased, Life Extension Institute Medical Group, and C. Fletcher Watson, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 23, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Ring and Associates, P.C., Chicago (Leonard M. Ring, Barry R. Chafetz and Harry C. Lee, of counsel), for appellant.

Connelly, Mustes & Schroeder, Chicago (John J. Mustes, Kathleen A. Bridgman and Anthony J. Bruozas, of counsel), for Delores Thompson, appellee.

Baker & McKenzie, Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Paul B. O'Flaherty, Jr., Michael A. Pollard and Michael T. Pfau, of counsel), for Life Extension Institute and C. Fletcher Watson, M.D., appellees.


Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Ruth Creighton, appeals from the judgment entered on a jury verdict for defendants in a medical malpractice action and from the denial of her post-trial motion. She questions whether the circuit court committed reversible error in (1) permitting crossexamination of her expert witness concerning restrictions on his medical license; (2) failing to strike the opinion testimony of a defense expert; (3) allowing...

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