Supreme Court of Illinois

Directed verdict for a hospital in a medical malpractice case is affirmed where the trial court correctly: 1) struck certain testimony by a doctor as a discovery violation; 2) ruled that a doctor who testified as an expert was not competent to give testimony as to the standard of care for nurses; and 3) found that plaintiff offered no other testimony on the nursing standard of care.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/05/2004
• Published 02/12/2007

Judges

• Justice FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert G. Black, Naperville, for appellant., H. Kent Heller, of Heller, Holmes & Associates, P.C., Mattoon, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association., Leatrice Schmidt, of Thuillez, Ford, Gold, Johnson & Butler, L.L.P., of Albany, New York, for amicus curiae The American Association of Nurse Attorneys.


• For Appellees:
  
• Susan M. Hannigan and Matthew A. Arnold, of Meyer, Kreuzer, Esp & Cores, Wheaton, for appellee Edward Hospital., Cunningham, Meyer & Vedrine, Wheaton (Mark C. Meyer and Kevin J. Vedrine, of counsel), for appellee Amelia Conte-Russian.