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CRUZ v. ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER

No. 1-94-0617.

648 N.E.2d 932 (1995)

271 Ill. App.3d 383

208 Ill.Dec. 10

Concetta F. CRUZ, Administrator of the Estate of James Cruz, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant v. ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER, a corporation; Richard J. Fantus, M.D.; and Michele Mellet, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

March 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Susan E. Loggans & Associates, P.C., Chicago, (Susan E. Loggans, of counsel), for appellant.

Sachnoff & Weaver, Ltd., Chicago (Brian D. Roche, Joel M. Neuman, of counsel), Joan M. Lebow, Illinois Masonic Medical Center, Chicago (Joan M. Lebow, of counsel), for appellees.

Presiding Justice SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 23, 1990, James Cruz was injured in an automobile accident and taken to defendant Illinois Masonic Medical Center where, after being injected with Nacuron, he went into full cardiac and respiratory arrest and had to be revived by a defibrillator. Mr. Cruz regained consciousness about nine days later but remained in a "vegetable state" until his death...

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