· 6/29/1970
Lipsey v. Michael Reese Hospital
Citations
- 262 N.E.2d 450
- 46 Ill. 2d 32
- 1970 Ill. LEXIS 432
How courts have described this case
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- when “plaintiff discovered her true condition or should have known of it and the defendants’ claimed negligence.”
- when \plaintiff discovered her true condition or should have known of it and the defendants' claimed negligence.\
- plaintiff alleging medical malpractice was unable to discover injury until three years after doctor misdiagnosed lump under her arm as benign
- “It is manifestly unrealistic and unfair to bar a negligently injured party’s cause of action before he had had an opportunity to discover that it exists.”
- “It is manifestly unrealistic and unfair to bar a negligently injured party’s cause of action before he has had an opportunity to discover that it exists.”
- plaintiff alleging medical malpractice was unable to discover injury until three years after doctor misdiagnosed lump under her arm as benign
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Judges: Wildman
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