Legal Opinion
Gorman v. Shu-Fang Chen, M.D., Ltd.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided July 29, 1992No. 5—91—0250PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Harrison
Plaintiff, Victoria Gorman, brought this medical malpractice action against defendants Shu-Fang Chen, M.D. (Dr. Chen), and ShuFang Chen, M.D., Ltd., an entity for which Dr. Chen was the sole stockholder and director, to recover damages occasioned by Dr. Chen’s negligence in rendering medical care and treatment for injuries sustained by plaintiff in a bicycle accident. Specifically, plaintiff alleged that Dr. Chen’s failure to properly examine, or call in a specialist to examine, her temporomandibular joint (TMJ) led to a failure to diagnose and treat a fracture of her right temporomandibular…
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- Law v. Central Illinois Public Service Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1980
- Petkus v. GirzadasAppellate Court of Illinois · 1988
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