Smith v. Pavlovich

This is a medical malpractice action brought by the plaintiff, Wanda Mae Smith, individually and as the special administrator of the estate of her deceased daughter, Crystal Smith, against a licensed advanced practice nurse, Patricia G. Dillard, R.N., and two doctors, James J. Pavlovich, M.D., and Kathryn A. Churling, M.D., all of whom practiced at the Carbondale Clinic. Crystal was born December 2, 1998, and died March 18, 2002, at the approximate age of three years, from what is believed to have been bacterial meningitis that attacked her brain. In her complaint filed in the circuit court…