Wilkerson v. County of Cook

In this medical malpractice case, the plaintiff, Jacqueline Wilkerson, successor special administrator of the estate of Beverly Newsome, deceased, appeals from an order granting summary judgment in favor of the defendants, County of Cook, d/b/a Cook County Hospital, Jaya Ahuja, M.D., and Henry Ching. On appeal, the plaintiff contends that summary judgment was improper because (1) a question of fact exists as to whether the defendants were negligent in their treatment of the decedent and (2) Dr. Ahuja’s contradictory testimony created a credibility issue, appropriately resolved only by the…