Legal Opinion
Leggett v. Kumar
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 24, 1991No. 2-90-0734PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE REINHARD
delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiff, Barbara Leggett, brought the instant medical malpractice action in the circuit court of Kane County against defendant, Dr. Vijay S. Kumar, alleging various acts of negligence arising out of defendant’s performance of a bilateral subcutaneous mastectomy on plaintiff on June 23, 1981. The jury returned a verdict in plaintiff’s favor for $675,000, and defendant now appeals.
The following issues are presented on appeal: (1) whether the trial court improperly reversed a pretrial order entered previously in the case by another…
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