Seef v. Ingalls Memorial Hospital

PRESIDING JUSTICE O’MARA FROSSARD,

dissenting:

I agree with a remand for new trial but would permit plaintiffs’ case against Ingalls Memorial Hospital to proceed, as I believe the trial court abused its discretion by barring nurse Hall’s expert testimony in its entirety and dismissing Ingalls. A causal relationship between the defendant’s negligence and the injury must be shown by a preponderance of the evidence. Chambers v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center, 155 Ill. App. 3d 458 (1987). The plaintiff may provide either direct or circumstantial evidence to meet this burden and the…