Mazur v. Lutheran General Hospital

Plaintiff appeals from the denial of a motion for a new trial after an adverse jury verdict in a medical malpractice action, raising as issues whether: (1) expert medical testimony was erroneously admitted in violation of Supreme Court Rule 220 (103 Ill. 2d R. 220); (2) expert medical testimony was erroneously excluded as conjectural; and, (3) the circuit court gave the jury improper instructions on proximate cause.

On April 18, 1977, decedent, Edward Mazur, saw defendant Dr. Alfons Czarkowski, complaining of loss of weight, loss of appetite and a sore throat. After examining and testing…