Williams v. Chicago Osteopathic Health Systems

This case involves a stillbirth which occurred at the Chicago Osteopathic Hospital on November 7, 1985. The baby’s parents, Raymond and Lucille Williams, brought a fraud action against certain doctors, defendants Louis Papp, D.O., Angelo Alexander, D.O., Catherine McDermott, D.O., and David Raminski, D.O., as well as the hospital. The parents alleged that the doctors failed to tell them that their stillborn baby developed a heart rate at some point after the delivery. They claim that had they known of the baby’s post-delivery condition they would have spent more time with the baby and would…