United States Seventh Circuit

In a medical malpractice action removed to federal court after one of the doctors was deemed to be a federal employee, judgment for defendants is affirmed over plaintiff's arguments that: 1) the doctor could not be deemed a federal employee because he did not personally contract with a federally funded health center; 2) the district court erred in directing a verdict for one of the defendants; and 3) several rulings the district court made in the course of the trial were erroneous.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/31/2006
• Decided 04/24/2007
• Published 04/24/2007

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before ROVNER, EVANS and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Harry C. Lee (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Diane I. Jennings (argued), Anderson, Bennett & Partners, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees Mount Sinai Hospital Medical Center and Sinai Health System., Michael R. Webber (argued), Randall J. Gudmundson, Kominiarek Bresler Harvick & Gudmundson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Sinai Medical Group., Brian A. Schroeder (argued), Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Joseph Rosman., Jack Donatelli (argued), Office of U.S. Attorney, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee U.S.