Legal Opinion
O'BRIEN v. Meyer
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 10, 1990No. 1-88-2687PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Linn
Plaintiff, Margaret Dolores O’Brien, brought a wrongful death and survival action based on the alleged medical malpractice of her deceased husband’s doctors. Defendants are John Meyer, M.D., Meyer Medical Group, S.C., and Thomas R. Araujo, M.D. The jury returned verdicts in favor of all defendants. On appeal, O’Brien contends that numerous trial errors deprived her of a fair trial and that the jury’s verdict is against the manifest weight of the evidence.
For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand for a new trial.
Background
The decedent, Dennis O’Brien, died of a virulent form of lung…
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