THORNHILL v. MIDWEST PHYSICIAN CENTER

No. 1-01-3050.

787 N.E.2d 247 (2003)

337 Ill. App.3d 1034

272 Ill.Dec. 432

Martia THORNHILL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MIDWEST PHYSICIAN CENTER OF ORLAND PARK and Dr. Mari Ann Herbert, Individually and as Agent or Employee of Midwest Physician Center of Orland Park, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

March 13, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara D. Klein & Assoc., and Novoselsky Law Offices, Chicago (David Novoselsky and Linda Bryceland, of counsel), for Appellant.

Pretzel & Stouffer, Chtd., Chicago (Robert Marc Chemers and Scott L. Howie, of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Martia Thornhill, appeals from a jury verdict in favor of defendants, Midwest Physician Center of Orland Park and Dr. Mari Ann Herbert, in a wrongful birth action. Plaintiff sought recovery for the extraordinary expenses involved with raising her Down's Syndrome daughter, alleging that defendants negligently failed to inform her of her unborn daughter's genetic defect until it was legally too late for...

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