Banks v. Climaco

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOPKINS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Sheri Lynn Banks, appeals from the jury’s verdict in favor of defendant, Ramon Climaco, M.D., in this medical malpractice case. Sheri, who is the widow of Jeffrey Lynn Banks, appeals on her own behalf and in behalf of Brooke Shelby Banks, Jeffrey’s daughter. Jeffrey died on October 28, 1991, at the emergency room (ER) of St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital (St. Anthony’s) in Effingham, Illinois. Dr. Climaco was the attending physician on call when Jeffrey arrived at the ER at approximately 9:35 p.m. on October 27, 1991.

Plaintif…