· 9/19/1978
Walski v. Tiesenga
Citations
- 381 N.E.2d 279
- 72 Ill. 2d 249
- 21 Ill. Dec. 201
- 1978 Ill. LEXIS 306
How courts have described this case
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- noting that examples of this exception in medical malpractice cases include instruments left in a patient’s body after surgery and X-ray burns
- noting that examples of this exception in medical malpractice cases include instruments left in a patient's body after surgery and X-ray burns
- noting that examples of this exception in medical malpractice cases include instruments left in a patient’s body after surgery and X-ray burns
- affirming directed verdict for defendants where plaintiffs medical expert only testified that he would have acted differently and failed to testify that there was a generally accepted medical standard of care that defendant failed to follow
- expert testimony needed because jurors unskilled in practice of medicine would have difficulty determining lack of scientific skill on part of physician
- the practice of medicine is “a profession which involves the exercise of individual judgment within the framework of established procedures”
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Judges: Kluczynski
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