Pietrzak v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center

Plaintiffs, Patricia and Caroline Pietrzak, filed a medical malpractice claim against defendants, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center (Rush), University Anesthesiologists, S.C. (UASC), and Dr. Dickson Wu, claiming that defendants negligently treated Steven Pietrzak. A jury held for defendants as to all counts. Plaintiffs appeal, seeking either a new trial or an evidentiary hearing to examine their claim that Rush’s counsel committed prejudicial fraud on the court.

We affirm.

On April 1,. 1992, Steven Pietrzak suffered a cardiac arrest during prostate surgery at Rush. The cardiac arrest…