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HANSEN v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORP.

No. 89043.

764 N.E.2d 35 (2002)

198 Ill.2d 420

261 Ill.Dec. 744

Steven HANSEN, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Andrina Hansen, Appellee, v. BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 25, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Quinlan, Gino L. DiVito, Michael I. Rothstein, David M. Jenkins, Brian J. Alesia, of Quinlan & Crisham, Ltd., Chicago (Charles R. Purcell, of counsel), for appellant.

Kevin M. Forde, Janice R. Forde, Kevin R. Malloy, of Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., Paul B. Episcope, John C. Erb, David S. Jasmer, Law Offices of Paul B. Episcope, Ltd., John Rokacz, Chicago, for appellee.

Jay H. Tressler, of Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, Robert N. Weiner, of Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., Hugh F. Young, Jr., Reston, Virginia, for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council.

James Paul Costello, Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.

Justice KILBRIDE delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff's decedent, Andrina Hansen, suffered an air embolism because an intravenous (IV) tube became detached from a catheter inserted into her jugular vein. The embolism caused brain damage and paralysis; Andrina died a little more than four years later.

The administrator of Andrina's estate filed medical malpractice claims, in the circuit court of Cook County, against the hospital and one of her treating...

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