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DUPREE v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 1-95-1652.

677 N.E.2d 1303 (1997)

287 Ill. App.3d 135

222 Ill.Dec. 504

Rosemary DUPREE, Special Administrator on Behalf of the ESTATE OF Christopher HUNTER, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF COOK, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

February 27, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon & Gordon, Ltd., Chicago (Robert E. Gordon, Lisa Thaviu, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jack O'Malley, State's Attorney, County of Cook, Chicago (Patricia Shymanski, Richard A. Stevens, Judith Mondello Wick, Christine DeGraff Dawson, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee.

Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a medical malpractice case in which plaintiff, Rosemary Dupree, Special Administrator of the Estate of Christopher Hunter, alleged that a proximate cause of Christopher's death was the failure of defendant, Cook County, to correctly diagnose that he was physically abused by his mother, Mildred Hunter, and to report that abuse. Plaintiff's fourth amended complaint alleged that defendant: (1) carelessly and negligently...

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