Hall v. Northwestern University Medical Clinics

PRESIDING JUSTICE SCARIANO

delivered the opinion of the court;

Plaintiff-appellant Daniel Hall brought a medical malpractice action against Northwestern University Medical Clinics (defendant-appellee herein), arising from the death of his mother, Lillian Hall. Mrs. Hall died on January 18, 1975, and her death certificate listed respiratory arrest and metastasized rectal cancer as the cause of her demise. Following a jury trial, a verdict was returned in defendant’s favor, and this appeal followed. We affirm the judgment of the circuit court.

On July 30, 1973, Mrs. Hall visited defendant-clinic…