Roach v. Springfield Clinic

Sheila and Timothy Roach, as parents and next friends of their minor daughter, Kayla, brought a medical malpractice action in the circuit court of Sangamon County to recover damages after Kayla was born with cerebral palsy and irreversible brain damage. Named as defendants were Memorial Medical Center (Memorial), the hospital where Mrs. Roach gave birth to Kayla; E. Michael Bradley, M.D., and his partner, Michael Zinzilieta, M.D., Mrs. Roach’s obstetricians; and Springfield Clinic (Clinic), the facility from which Bradley and Zinzilieta conducted their obstetrics practice. Following a jury…