West ex rel. Grove v. Rockford Memorial Hospital

ORDER

REINHARD, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Before this court is defendant’s,1 Charles Washington, M.D., motion to dismiss the amended complaint filed by plaintiff, James West, a minor.2 Plaintiff has alleged that in November 1976 defendant was negligent in caring for and treating plaintiff. Plaintiff has further alleged that as a direct and proximate cause of defendant’s negligence, he has been “continuously disabled both mentally and physically and totally without understanding or capacity to make or communicate decisions regarding his person, estate or financial affairs.”

Defendant asserts in…