Jones v. Rallos

THIRD DIVISION June 25, 2008 No. 1-04-2979 MARK JONES, ) Appeal from ) the Circuit Court Plaintiff-Appellee, ) of Cook County. ) v. ) ) OPHELIA RALLOS, ) Honorable ) Sharon Johnson Coleman Defendant-Appellant. ) Judge Presiding. PRESIDING JUSTICE QUINN delivered the opinion of the court: Following a jury trial, defendant Ophelia Rallos, M.D., was found liable for medical malpractice with regard to care rendered to plaintiff Mark Jones connected to an apparently false diagnosis that Jones tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The jury awarded plaintiff damages in the…