Hentosh v. Herman M. Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School

The defendant, the Herman M. Finch University of Health Sciences/The Chicago Medical School (the University), appeals from a trial court judgment awarding the plaintiffs, Patricia Hentosh and Dennis Peffley, damages in the amount of $1.1 million for the University’s breach of its contractual duties to the plaintiffs and a declaratory judgment in favor of Dr. Peffley. On appeal, the University contends that the trial court erred in granting judgment to the plaintiffs or, in the alternative, that the damage award was improper as a matter of law. No issue is raised on appeal with regard to the…