· 12/22/1997
JACKSON BY JACKSON v. Michael Reese Hosp. and Medical Center
Citations
- 689 N.E.2d 205
- 294 Ill. App. 3d 1
- 228 Ill. Dec. 333
- 1997 Ill. App. LEXIS 880
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- holding that complaint asserting a voluntary undertaking was properly dismissed where the plaintiff failed to sufficiently allege facts as to the nature of the voluntary undertaking
- holding that complaint asserting a voluntary undertaking was properly dismissed where the plaintiff failed to sufficiently allege facts as to the nature of the voluntary undertaking
- holding that complaint asserting a voluntary undertaking was properly dismissed where the plaintiff failed to sufficiently allege facts as to the nature of the voluntary undertaking
- remarking that in addition to the plaintiffs request for the X rays, there was evidence that the defendant had placed the X rays in a segregated litigation file
- allegation that hospital failed to protect X rays against flood or fire damage was sufficient to allege breach of duty to preserve the X rays
- the hospital's loss of the plaintiff's X-rays that it had segregated into a special file after receiving notice of litigation gave rise to a potential spoliation claim
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Judges: O'Mara Frossard
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