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BLAZ v. GALEN HOSP. ILLINOIS, INC.

No. 96 C 0091.

982 F.Supp. 556 (1997)

Joel BLAZ and Frances Lauer, Plaintiffs, v. GALEN HOSPITAL ILLINOIS, INC. d/b/a Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, and Arthur B. Schneider, M.D., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

September 22, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin H. Freeman, Barbara E. Hirsch, Freeman & Jenner, P.C., Bethesda, MD, E. Cooper Brown, H.W. Cummins, Cummins & Brown, Takoma Park, MD, for Plaintiff.

Charles R. Krikorian, William P. Dorr, Hugh L. Moore, David C. Hall, Jason A. Parson, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, IL, Barney Cohen, Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

BUCKLO, District Judge.

Defendant, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center ("Michael Reese"), used X-ray therapy to treat approximately 5,000 patients for certain benign conditions of the head and neck during a thirty year period from 1930 to early 1960. Plaintiff, Joel Blaz, received such treatment at Michael Reese for infected tonsils and adenoids during a three week period in late 1947 and early 1948 while Mr. Blaz...

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