Gadson v. Newman

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge:

Presented here is a novel twist to the issue of whether physicians, lawyers and other professionals may be liable under the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act.

True, one does not ordinarily think of medical doctors in the business, of selling products that defraud consumers.

However, the' Illinois Consumer Fraud Act was amended to prohibit not only unfair competition, but any deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade .or commerce.

Thus, the issue before the Court: whether the practice of medicine qualifies as trade or commerce for the purposes of the…