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CUMMINGS v. JHA

No. 5-08-0182.

915 N.E.2d 908 (2009)

R. Kevin CUMMINGS and Pamela R. Cummings, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gautam JHA, M.D., Defendant-Appellant, and S. Lakshmanan, M.D., Defendant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

September 25, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott L. Howie, Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, Chicago, for Appellant.

Morris Lane Harvey, Law Offices of Morris Lane Harvey, Mt. Vernon, for Appellees.

Presiding Justice WEXSTTEN delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, S. Lakshmanan, M.D., performed laparoscopic surgery on the plaintiff, R. Kevin Cummings, to remove Kevin's gallbladder. Kevin suffered a common postoperative complication, a bile leak, that went undiagnosed by Dr. Lakshmanan and the defendant-appellant, Gautam Jha, M.D. Kevin, along with his wife, Pamela R. Cummings, filed a medical negligence action against Dr. Lakshmanan and Dr. Jha in...

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