Legal Opinion
O'Donnell v. Holy Family Hospital
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided June 30, 1997No. 1-96-2579PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE WOLFSON
delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiffs in this case say that 12 minutes were the difference between life and death for their son, Ryan. They also say that the actions or omissions of Dr. Mustafa Kemal Yon during that brief span of time are what caused Ryan’s death. The jury found otherwise. This court must decide, among other things, whether the jury’s verdict for the defendants was against the manifest weight of the evidence. We affirm.
FACTS
In a third amended complaint, Michael O’Donnell and Kathryn Hunt (Ryan’s parents) alleged that Holy Family Hospital…
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