DIENSTAG v. MARGOLIES

No. 1-06-1558.

919 N.E.2d 17 (2009)

Marsha DIENSTAG and Gary Dienstag, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Lawrence MARGOLIES, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District.

Rehearing Denied December 4, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruff, Weidenaar & Reidy, Ltd., of Chicago (James R. Quinn and Todd M. Porter, of counsel); and Dykema Gossett, PLLC, of Joliet (Pamela Davis Gorcowski, of counsel), for Appellant.

Law Offices of Kenneth C. Chessick, M.D., of Schaumburg (Kenneth C. Chessick, M.D., of counsel); and Novoselsky Law Offices, of Chicago (David A. Novoselsky and Brian A. Schroeder, of counsel), for Appellee.


Justice COLEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Dr. Lawrence Margolies, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County entering judgment on the verdict in favor of plaintiffs in the remitted amount of $5,450,000. In a medical malpractice action, plaintiffs Marsha Dienstag and Gary Dienstag alleged that Dr. Margolies, a gynecologist, negligently failed to timely diagnose Marsha Dienstag's breast cancer. Following the trial, the jury returned...

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