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Clanton v. United States

District Court, S.D. Illinois

Decided March 14, 2017No. Case No. 15-CV-124-NJR-RJDPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ROSENSTENGEL, District Judge:

Kevin Clanton, a 36-year-old African-American man, filed this medical malpractice action under the Federal Tort Claims Act (“FTCA”) in February 2015. Mr. Clan-ton alleges that he received negligent medical care for his severe hypertension from nurse practitioner Denise Jordan at Southern Illinois Healthcare Foundation (“SIHF”). He further alleges that as a result of this negligence, he developed kidney disease, which rapidly progressed to full-blown kidney failure and left him dependent on dialysis for two and a half years before- he was able…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Purtill v. HessIllinois Supreme Court · 1986
  2. Diego Gil v. James Reed, Jaime Penaflor, and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
  3. Sullivan v. Edward HospitalIllinois Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Phillips v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours & Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
  5. Dolan v. GalluzzoIllinois Supreme Court · 1979

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