Lenahan v. University of Chicago

Plaintiff, Karen Lenahan, as special administrator of the estate of Shawn Lenahan (the decedent), filed a 21-count, fifth amended complaint under the Survival Act (755 ILCS 5/27 — 6 (West 1998)) and the Wrongful Death Act (740 ILCS 180/0.01 et seq. (West 1998)) against defendants, the University of Chicago, the University of Chicago Hospitals, Doctor David Liebowitz, Xcyte Therapies, Inc., Arch Development Corporation, and Doctor Stephanie Williams. Plaintiff sought damages on numerous theories of liability based on the decedent’s death. The trial court dismissed counts XIII, XIV XVI, XVII,…