Garcia v. Edgewater Hospital

Defendant, Edgewater Hospital (Edgewater), appeals an $845,000 jury verdict rendered against it in a wrongful death action brought by plaintiff, Alfredo Garcia (plaintiff), as administrator of the estate of his deceased wife, Victoria Garcia (Mrs. Garcia).

While at Edgewater, Mrs. Garcia died after surgery performed by Dr. Jafar Shah-Mirany (Dr. Shah-Mirany). At trial, plaintiff’s sole theory against Edgewater was that Edgewater was liable for breach of implied warranty of merchantability under the Illinois Uniform Commercial Code (Commercial Code or Code) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 26, par. 1…