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· 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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