SAN ROMÁN v. CHILDREN'S HEART CENTER

No. 1-09-1217.

954 N.E.2d 217 (2010)

352 Ill. Dec. 357

Luis SAN ROMÁN and Miguel San Román, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHILDREN'S HEART CENTER, LTD., d/b/a Rush Children's Heart Center, and Carlos E. Ruiz, M.D., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

Modified upon denial of rehearing June 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith A. Hebeisen , Brian S. Shallcross , Clifford Law Offices, P.C., Chicago ( Robert P. Sheridan , of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James K. Horstman , Michael D. Huber , Cray Huber Horstman Heil & VanAusdal LLC, Chicago, for Defendants-Appellees.


Justice McBRIDE delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 In this medical malpractice action, the plaintiff minor patient and his father appeal from an adverse judgment, arguing a subsequent treating physician should not have been allowed to testify for the defendant physician and that jury instructions improperly referred to the standard of care of a well-qualified "pediatric interventional cardiologist," which is not a board-certified medical speciality...

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