FREEMAN BY AND THROUGH FREEMAN v. Petroff

Plaintiffs, Sarah Ann Freeman (hereinafter Sarah Ann), a minor, by and through her father and next friend, Scott Freeman, and Scott Freeman and Lisa Freeman, Sarah Ann’s parents, appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Madison County entered on a jury verdict in favor of defendant, Dr. Dennis J. Petroff. On appeal, plaintiffs’ principal contentions are that (1) the trial court erred in giving the second paragraph of Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, Civil, No. 12.04 (3d ed. 1989) (hereinafter IPI Civil 3d No. 12.04) and (2) the erroneous instructions were seriously prejudicial to…