BRANDEIS BY BRANDEIS v. Salafsky

Plaintiffs appeal from the trial court’s award of summary judgment in favor of defendant Dr. Ira Salafsky.

This medical malpractice action was filed on August 13, 1985, on behalf of Elizabeth Brandéis, a minor, by her mother, Arlene Brandéis. The minor’s parents, Alvin and Arlene, sued as individual plaintiffs. Plaintiffs alleged that Dr. Salafsky, along with other defendants, including North Suburban Pediatrics S.C., Leonard T. Carr, M.D., North Suburban Psychiatric Associates, Ltd., Jeffrey Teich, M.D., David Engels, M.D., Steven A. Lipschultz, M.D., and Evanston Hospital, negligently…