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KNAPP v. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

No. 95 C 6454.

938 F.Supp. 508 (1996)

Nicholas KNAPP, Plaintiff, v. NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, and Rick Taylor, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

September 13, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eldon L. Ham, Northbrook, IL, Robert Andrew Chapman, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff.

Eric F. Quandt, Julian Solotorovsky, Kelley, Drye & Warren, Chicago, IL, Amy D. Mayber, Chicago, IL, Andrea A. Goldberg, Abbott Park, IL, for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ZAGEL, District Judge.

On September 19, 1994, Knapp's heart stopped and he collapsed following a pick-up basketball game in his high school gym. Knapp was revived by paramedics using cardiopulmonary resuscitation and electronic defibrillation. Knapp was then hospitalized and diagnosed as having suffered sudden cardiac death caused by primary ventricular fibrillation. Knapp claims he suffered a ventricular fibrillation...

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