Legal Opinion
Lisowski v. MacNeal Memorial Hospital Association
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 24, 2008No. 1-07-0076 RelPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE CAHILL
delivered the opinion of the court:
Defendants MacNeal Memorial Hospital Association and John D. Brofman, M.D., appeal an order granting plaintiff Jean Lisowski’s motion for a new trial. Plaintiff brought a negligence action against defendants after the death of her husband, Edward A. Lisowski (Lisowski). A jury returned a verdict for defendants. Plaintiff moved for a new trial. Her main contention was that the trial court erred in refusing to give the “missing-witness” jury instruction (Illinois Pattern Jury Instructions, Civil, No. 5.01 (2006) (hereinafter IPI Civil…
2Cases cited49 opinions
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- Foutch v. O'BRYANTIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
- Maple v. GustafsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1992
- People v. IllgenIllinois Supreme Court · 1991
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3Cited by12 opinions
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