United States Seventh Circuit

Naval hospital employees had no Illinois common-law tort duty running to plaintiff's child, fatally injured by a babysitter after they failed to report abuse suffered by that babysitter's previous charge. The Illinois abuse-notification statute did not create such a duty either.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/26/2004
• Decided 03/30/2004
• Published 03/30/2004

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• William L. Suhadolnik (argued), Waukegan, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., William G. Cole (argued), Department of Justice Civil Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Jack Donatelli, Office of the United States Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.