Estell v. Barringer

3 Ill. App.3d 455 (1972)

278 N.E.2d 424

CLARENCE ESTELL, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

FLOYD S. BARRINGER, Defendant-Appellee.

No. 11220.

Illinois Appellate Court — Fourth District.

February 1, 1972.

Rehearing denied March 2, 1972.

McGrady, Madden & Watson, of Gillespie, (D.A. McGrady, of counsel,) for appellant.

Horsley, Kimble, Lott and Surman, of Springfield, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

This is a medical malpractice case in which the theory of the plaintiff-appellant is apparently: "The law ought to be * * *."

But — in Illinois, it isn't.

As originally filed, the case was constructed on three footings —…