HOOPER v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 1-03-1842.

851 N.E.2d 663 (2006)

Kenneth HOOPER, Special Adm'r of the Estate of Louise Hooper, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The COUNTY OF COOK and Deepak Kapoor, Defendants-Appellants (Glenda Edmond-Nolla, Defendant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

May 15, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Powers Rogers & Smith, P.C., Chicago (Larry R. Rogers and Devon C. Bruce, of counsel), for Appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Cook County, Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Patrick M. Blanchard, Assistant State's Attorneys, and Marcie Thorp, Special Assistant State's Attorney, of counsel), for Appellee.


Presiding Justice CAHILL delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from a medical negligence action filed by plaintiff Kenneth Hooper, special administrator of the estate of his mother, Louise Hooper (Hooper), and against Cook County, Deepak Kapoor, M.D., a physician at Cook County Hospital, and Glenda Edmond-Nolla, R.N., a nurse at the hospital. Plaintiff alleged in his complaint that defendants were negligent in failing to treat and care properly

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