Novey v. Kishwaukee Community Health Services Center

PRESIDING JUSTICE LINDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Dennis J. Novey, brought this medical malpractice action against defendants, Kishwaukee Community Health Services Center (Kishwaukee) and M. B. “Beth” Cook (Cook), a registered physical therapist employed by Kishwaukee, to recover damages sustained when the flexor tendon of his left middle finger ruptured on July 14, 1982, while Cook was administering physical therapy to plaintiff. Following a jury trial in the circuit court of De Kalb County, the jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiff and against defendant in the…