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LAMBIE v. SCHNEIDER

No. 4-98-0746.

713 N.E.2d 603 (1999)

305 Ill. App.3d 421

239 Ill.Dec. 72

Lucie LAMBIE, Mother and Next Friend of Chelsey Lambie, a Minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Joel SCHNEIDER, M.D., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided June 11, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Papa (argued), Callis, Papa, Jackstadt & Halloran, P.C., Granite City, for Lucy Lambie.

David L. Drake (argued), Drake, Narup & Mead, P.C., Springfield, for Joel Schneider, M.D.

Justice McCULLOUGH delivered the opinion of the court:

On March 7, 1987, Chelsey Lambie was born six weeks premature. On March 19, 1987, after Chelsey started to suffer left congestive heart failure, defendant, Dr. Joel Schneider, operated on her to repair a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), an abnormal opening connecting the heart to one of the blood vessels leaving it. When Schneider could not locate the PDA, he placed Gore-Tex bands around the vessels leaving Chelsey...

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