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MECK v. PARAMEDIC SERVICES OF ILLINOIS

No. 1-97-0275.

695 N.E.2d 1321 (1998)

296 Ill. App.3d 720

231 Ill.Dec. 202

Susan MECK, Indiv. and on Behalf of the Estate of Roy Meck, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PARAMEDIC SERVICES OF ILLINOIS and City of Berwyn, Defendant-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Lockard & Associates, Chicago (Charles P. Hehmeyer, of counsel), Schiff Hardin & Waite, Chicago (Paula J. Morency, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Cassidy, Schade & Gloor, Chicago (Michael J. Morrissey, Catherine L. Garvey, Jennifer A. Keller, Carolyn Quinn, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee Paramedic Services of Illinois.

Russell W. Hartigan & Associates, Chicago (Russell W. Hartigan, James P. Newman, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee City of Berwyn.

Justice FROSSARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The issue on appeal is whether the trial court, in granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants, correctly rejected application of the lost chance doctrine. Under the lost chance doctrine, proximate causation exists if plaintiff can show to a reasonable degree of medical certainty that defendant's conduct proximately increased the risk of harm or lost chance of recovery. Holton v. Memorial Hospital,<...

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