Legal Opinion
Katherine Liu v. Cook County, Illinois
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 15, 2016No. 14-1775PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
Dr. Katherine Liu worked as a general surgeon at Cook County’s Stroger Hospital for more than two decades before she lost her surgical privileges and was denied reappointment in 2008. Cook County and the three individual defendants, Dr. Richard Keen, Dr. James Madura, and the estate of Dr. Phillip Donahue, contend that those actions were based on Dr. Liu’s repeated refusal to operate on patients with appendicitis. Dr. Liu claims that their reasoning masked unlawful discrimination and retaliation. She brought a number of claims against defendants, including alleged…
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