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LEGGETT v. KUMAR

No. 2-90-0734.

570 N.E.2d 1249 (1991)

212 Ill. App.3d 255

156 Ill.Dec. 527

Barbara LEGGETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vijay S. KUMAR, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

April 24, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Strelecky (argued), Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Wheaton, Ruth E. VanDemark, Mary Elisabeth Ruether, and David J. Cahill, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, Chicago, for Vijay S. Kumar, M.D.

Meg E. Goblet (argued), and R. Gary Gooding, Gooding & Goblet, and Wilson Burnell, Aurora, for Barbara Leggett.

Presiding Justice REINHARD delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Barbara Leggett, brought the instant medical malpractice action in the circuit court of Kane County against defendant, Dr. Vijay S. Kumar, alleging various acts of negligence arising out of defendant's performance of a bilateral subcutaneous mastectomy on plaintiff on June 23, 1981. The jury returned a verdict in plaintiff's favor for $675,000, and defendant now appeals.

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