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McCASTER v. U.S.

No. 14 CV 312.

APRIL McCASTER, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, LAUREN SWORDS, M.D., and MERCY HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER, Defendants.

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

April 20, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

April McCaster, Plaintiff, represented by Geoffrey L. Gifford , Pavalon & Gifford LLC & Matthew John Huster , Pavalon & Gifford.

United States of America, Defendant, represented by AUSA - Chicago, United States Attorney's Office (NDIL - Chicago).

United States of America, Defendant, represented by Gina Elizabeth Brock , United States Attorney's Office & Prashant Kolluri , United States Attorney's Office.

Lauren Swords, Defendant, represented by Patricia Sue Kocour , Swanson, Martin & Bell & Elizabeth Ann Bruer , Swanson, Martin & Bell.

Mercy Hospital and Medical Center, Defendant, represented by Patricia Sue Kocour , Swanson, Martin & Bell & Elizabeth Ann Bruer , Swanson, Martin & Bell.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

In 2013, two pieces of plastic film were discovered in April McCaster's uterus. Believing that the plastic had been left there during a 2009 cesarean section, McCaster sued the medical staff involved in that procedure for ordinary negligence, negligence based on the doctrine...

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