LaSALLE NAT. TRUST v. SWEDISH COVENANT HOSP.

No. 1-92-3307.

652 N.E.2d 1089 (1995)

273 Ill. App.3d 780

210 Ill.Dec. 113

LaSALLE NATIONAL TRUST, N.A., not individually, but as Guardian of the Estate of Sameer Parekh, a Minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SWEDISH COVENANT HOSPITAL, an Illinois Not-For-Profit Corporation; Dennis & Associates, M.D., S.C., an Illinois Professional Services Corporation; Vernon Dennis, M.D., Roger Thorpe, M.D.; and Roberto Espinosa, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lucy & Suhar (Richard H. Lucy, of counsel), Chicago; Zamparo & Goldstein, P.C. (Roger Zamparo, Jr., of counsel), Northbrook (David A. Novoselsky & Associates/David A. Novoselsky, Margarita T. Kulys, of counsel, Chicago, for appellant.

Hinshaw & Culbertson (John G. Langhenry, Stephen R. Swofford, Robert E. Nora, of counsel), Chicago, for Swedish Covenant Hosp. S.C., Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered (Paul L. Price, Robert Marc Chemers, Anne Scheitlin Johnson, of counsel), Chicago, for appellees Roger Thorpe, M.D., Vernon Dennis, M.D. and Dennis & Associates, M.D.

Cassiday, Schade & Gloor (Joseph A. Giannelli, Morgan A. Milne, of counsel), Chicago, for appellee Roberto Espinosa, M.D.


Justice McCORMICK delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, LaSalle National Trust, N.A. (La-Salle), appeals a jury verdict in favor of defendants in this medical negligence action. Plaintiff had alleged that defendants' negligence in the delivery and initial care of Sameer Parekh caused severe neurological damage and blindness. On appeal, plaintiff asserts numerous trial errors.1 We affirm.

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