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· 12/27/1990

Samansky v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center

Citations

  • 567 N.E.2d 386
  • 208 Ill. App. 3d 377
  • 153 Ill. Dec. 428
  • 1990 Ill. App. LEXIS 1940

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that res ipsa loquitur applies in the strict liability context
  • reversing summary judgment where the plaintiff's expert rendered a specific opinion that a defect in the product was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injury
  • \the absence of the product at trial is not fatal to the plaintiff's [claim for strict liability]\
  • disputed questions of fact preclude dismissal of a complaint under section 2-619
  • disputed questions of fact preclude dismissal of a complaint under section 2- 619
  • referring to the “Tweedy doctrine”

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Judges: McMORROW

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