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CORYELL v. SMITH

No. 1-94-1547.

653 N.E.2d 1317 (1995)

274 Ill.App.3d 543

210 Ill.Dec. 855

Meme CORYELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. John SMITH, M.D., and Reconstructive Surgery, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 1, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara J. Clinite, Chicago, for appellant.

Rooks, Pitts and Poust, Chicago (Thomas R. Hill, Edward P. Dismukes, of counsel), for appellees.

Presiding Justice SCARIANO delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Meme Coryell appeals from the award of summary judgment (735 ILCS 5/2-1005 (West 1992)) to defendants in the medical malpractice action which she brought against them for their failure to obtain her informed consent to the surgery she underwent while in their care.

Plaintiff had developed lower back pain which, though not severe, occasionally...

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