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SIMMONS v. UNIV. OF CHICAGO HOSPITALS AND CLINICS

No. 75730.

642 N.E.2d 107 (1994)

162 Ill.2d 1

204 Ill.Dec. 645

Jennifer SIMMONS, Adm'r of the Estate of Toussant Devon Simmons, a Minor, Deceased, et al., Appellees, v. UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO HOSPITALS AND CLINICS, d/b/a University of Chicago Medical Center, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 22, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Ashe, and Lynn D. Dowd, Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, Barry Sullivan, and Jeffrey T. Shaw, Jenner & Block, Chicago, for appellants.

Edward R. Vrdolyak, Ltd., Chicago (Timothy Quinn and Gino P. Naughton, of counsel), for appellees.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics and Luis Cibils, M.D., appeal from an appellate court decision affirming a $1.6 million verdict for plaintiffs in a medical malpractice case, which involved the death of plaintiffs' son shortly after birth. We granted defendants' petition for leave to appeal (134 Ill.2d R. 315) and affirm.

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Plaintiff Jennifer Simmons was admitted to defendant...

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