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HILL v. PORTER MEMORIAL HOSP.

No. 95-2716.

90 F.3d 220 (1996)

Mary HILL, Widow and personal representative for the Estate of Robert J. Hill, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PORTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, John L. Swarner, M.D., Antonio D. Zelaya, M.D., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Priscilla A. Herochik, Merrillville, IN, Timothy O. Malloy (argued), James E. Schreiner, George C. Patrick, Schreiner & Malloy, Schererville, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kathleen M. Maicher (argued), John P. McQuillan, Robert D. Brown, Spangler, Jennings & Dougherty, Merrillville, IN, for Porter Memorial Hospital, Hartley M. Thomas and Porter Emergency Physicians Associates, P.C.

David C. Jensen (argued), Alyssa Forman Stamatakos, Eichhorn & Eichhorn, Hammond, IN, for John L. Swarner and Tim Whetsel.

F. Amin Istrabadi, Michael S. Baechle (argued), Baechle & Istrabadi, Merrillville, IN, for Antonio D. Zelaya.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.

MANION, Circuit Judge.

While at work Robert Hill fell from a loading dock onto railroad tracks crushing his face and jaw. He was rushed to a hospital where one day later he suffered respiratory arrest. Further complications, including lack of oxygen to Hill's brain during the respiratory arrest, produced a coma and he eventually died. Hill's widow sued claiming medical malpractice. The defendants asserted Hill's respiratory arrest and death were due to preexisting...

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