Northern Trust Co. v. University of Chicago Hospitals & Clinics

PRESIDING JUSTICE FITZGERALD SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs-appellees the Northern Trust Company and Antoinette Scates, as co-guardians of the estate of Marshawn Davis, a minor (plaintiffs or as named), filed a two-count complaint at law: count I named defendant-appellant the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics (UCH) and defendants Drs. Chin-Chu Lin, R.J. Austin, Diane Ryan, Brian Rosner and Randall Barnes, alleging negligent care prior to the birth of Marshawn, causing mental retardation; and count II named UCH and defendant Dr. William Meadow, alleging negligent…