LASALLE BANK v. C/HCA DEVELOPMENT CORP.

No. 1-06-1859.

893 N.E.2d 949 (2008)

LASALLE BANK, N.A., as Successor of The Chicago Trust Company, as Plenary Guardian of the Estate of David Mount, a Disabled Person, and Georgianne Calandriello, as Legal Guardian of David Mount, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. C/HCA DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, d/b/a Columbia Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center, Lee Freund, Thomas Pawlowski, Michael Settecase, and Midwest Physician Group, Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

August 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte, Ltd., The Healy Law Firm (Martin J. Healy, Jr., J.T. Terence Geoghegan, William J. Harte and Joan M. Mannix, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Appellants.

Cunningham, Meyer & Vedrine, P.C. (Michael R. Slovis, Peter J. Strauss and Robert L. Larsen, of counsel), Warrenville, IL, for Appellees, Michael Settecase, D.O. and Midwest Physician Group, Ltd.

Hall, Prangle & Schoonveld, LLC (Michael E. Prangle, Hugh C. Griffin, and Jacob Z. Goldstein, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Appellees, Lee Freund, D.O., Thomas Pawlowski, M.D., and C/HCA Development, Inc., f/k/a Columbia Olympia Fields Osteopathic Hospital and Medical Center.

Pretzel, Stouffer, Chartered (Robert Marc Chemers and David S. Osborne, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Amicus Curiae Brief of the Illinois Association of Defense Counsel In Support of Defendants-Appellees.

Pfaff & Gill, Ltd. (Bruce R. Pfaff, Chair, ITLA's Amicus Curiae Committee, of counsel), Chicago, IL, for Illinois Trial Lawyers Association Brief Amicus Curiae.


Justice ROBERT E. GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs claim that defendant doctors committed medical negligence leading to the disability of David Mount. After a trial, the jury found for defendants. The trial court rejected plaintiffs' six claims, made in their posttrial motion and reiterated on this appeal, arguing for reversal. For the reasons stated below, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

The parties to this action are as follows. Plaintiff...

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