Ayala v. Murad
Appellate Court of Illinois
1Opinion of the CourtJustice South
Plaintiff, Joyce Ayala, individually, and as special administrator of the estate of her daughter, Michelle Ayala, brought this medical malpractice action seeking damages for the alleged injury and wrongful death of Michelle. Following the presentation of plaintiffs case-in-chief, the trial court granted the motions of defendants Tariq Murad, M.D., Tariq Murad, Ltd., and Barrington Pathology, Ltd., for a directed verdict on the grounds that plaintiff had failed to prove the proximate cause element of her claim.
On April 8, 1998, Michelle Ayala, who was 18 years old at the time, had a large…
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