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DRAKEFORD v. UNIV. OF CHICAGO HOSPITALS

Docket No. 1-11-1366.

994 N.E.2d 119 (2013)

2013 IL App (1st) 111366

373 Ill. Dec. 634

Alexandria DRAKEFORD, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Valentina Nakia Dearring, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITALS, Illinois Not-for-Profit Corporation, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Sixth Division.

June 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William V. Johnson , David M. Macksey , Garrett L. Boehm, Jr. , and Peter R. Ryndak , all of Johnson & Bell, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant.

Michael W. Rathsack , of Chicago, for appellee.

OPINION

Justice HALL delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Presiding Justice Lampkin concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Gordon dissented, with opinion.

¶ 1 This appeal arises from the death and alleged unauthorized burial of plaintiff Alexandria Drakeford's infant daughter, Valentina Nakia Dearring. Plaintiff gave birth to Valentina on March 8, 2003, at defendant University of Chicago Hospitals. Valentina was born with "Persistent...

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