Alberstett v. Country Mutual Insurance Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GUILD

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal emerges from a personal injury-malpractice action brought by the survivors and the estate of a deceased 9-year-old boy. The decedent, Scott David Alberstett, a minor, fell and suffered a severe laceration of his left knee while doing chores on the farm of his grandfather, Merle J. Alberstett. He was taken to the Durand Health Center where the wound was cleaned and sutured by Dr. Canfield. Twenty-four hours later his mother called Dr. Bazuin at the Health Center, who suggested that she loosen the bandages and give Scott…