Legal Opinion
York v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided June 22, 2006No. 99507PublishedCited by 149 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McMORROW
Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Kilbride, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.
Justice Garman dissented, with opinion.
OPINION
Dr. James M. York suffered a spinal injury during knee replacement surgery performed at defendant Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center (Rush). As a result, Dr. York (hereinafter, plaintiff) and his wife filed a medical malpractice action in the circuit court of Cook County against the attending anesthesiologist, Dr. Abdel Raouf El-Ganzouri, and Dr. El-Ganzouri’s employer, University Anesthesiologists, S.C. Plaintiff alleged…
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