SPAETZEL v. Dillon

PRESIDING JUSTICE FITZGERALD SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs Irene and David Spaetzel filed a medical malpractice action against Bruce Dillon, Daniel Douglas, Frederick Tolin, and Surgical Consultants of Du Page, Ltd. (defendants), who had performed surgery on Irene to repair a paraesophageal hernia. Plaintiffs claimed that defendants were negligent in failing to timely order an esophogram during postoperative hospitalization and that such delay resulted in a delayed diagnosis, the need for a second surgery, and the removal of certain anatomy of Irene. The jury entered a…