Walski v. Tiesenga

This appeal involves an action in malpractice against two doctors, Marvin Tiesenga and James Walsh, for personal injuries arising from the alleged negligence of the doctors during an operation on plaintiff’s thyroid gland in which her left recurrent laryngeal nerve was cut. The case was tried before a jury in the circuit court of Cook County. At the close of the plaintiff’s case in chief, the defendants moved for a directed verdict contending that plaintiff had failed to present evidence that the defendants’ actions did not conform to the standard of care in the medical community. The trial…