Jones v. Rallos

PRESIDING JUSTICE QUINN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Following a jury trial, defendant Ophelia Rallos, M.D., was found liable for medical malpractice with regard to care rendered to plaintiff Mark Jones connected to an apparently false diagnosis that Jones tested positive for the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The jury awarded plaintiff damages in the amount of $350,000 and the circuit court denied defendant’s posttrial motion. Defendant then appealed.

On appeal, defendant contended that the circuit court erred in denying her motion for a directed verdict where plaintiff was unable…