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GADSON v. NEWMAN

No. 92-3047.

807 F.Supp. 1412 (1992)

Michael T. GADSON, M.D., Plaintiff, v. Richard L. NEWMAN, Individually; Richard L. Newman Ltd, an Illinois corporation, d/b/a Newman Clinic; St. Mary's Hospital, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Springfield Division.

December 3, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Kelty, Pfeifer & Kelty, P.C., Alexandra de Saint Phalle, Thomas F. Londrigan, Londrigan Potter & Randle P.C., Springfield, IL, for Michael T. Gadson, M.D.

Mark A. Drummond, Schmiedeskamp Robertson Neu & Mitchell, Quincy, IL, John T. Cusack, Gardner Carton & Douglas, Chicago, IL, for Richard L. Newman, Richard L. Newman, Ltd. and Newman Clinic.

Joseph A. Duesterhaus, James L. Palmer, Scholz Staff & Palmer, Quincy, IL, Mark L. Silbersack, Joseph E. Conley, Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, OH, for St. Mary's Hosp.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Presented here is a novel twist to the issue of whether physicians, lawyers and other professionals may be liable under the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act.

True, one does not ordinarily think of medical doctors in the business of selling products that defraud consumers.

However, the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act was amended to prohibit not only unfair competition...

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