Dupree Ex Rel. Estate of Hunter v. County of Cook

This is a medical malpractice case in which plaintiff, Rosemary Dupree, special administrator of the estate of Christopher Hunter, alleged that a proximate cause of Christopher’s death was the failure of defendant, Cook County, to correctly diagnose that he was physically abused by his mother, Mildred Hunter, and to report that abuse. Plaintiff s fourth amended complaint alleged that defendant: (1) carelessly and negligently failed to properly interpret a CT scan; (2) carelessly and negligently allowed a resident to interpret a CT scan without being reviewed by the attending radiologist and…