United States Seventh Circuit
Fagocki v. Algonquin/Lake-in-the-Hills Fire Prot. Dist., 06-1685
In a medical malpractice suit involving the treatment of a woman suffering from anaphylactic shock, judgment for plaintiff is reversed where any negligent treatment by paramedics did not rise to the level of "willful and wanton" behavior required to remove the Illinois exemption from liability for negligence by licensed providers of emergency medical treatment.
Appellate Information
- Argued 06/08/2007
- Decided 07/13/2007
- Published 07/13/2007
Judges
- POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Steven P. Garmisa (argued), Hoey & Farina, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant., Robert M. Chemers, David S. Osborne (argued), Pretzel & Stouffer, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.