102 Ill. App. 3d 270 - Spike v. Sellett’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
March 1991
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 17 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 72 Ill. 2d 249 - Walski v. Tiesenga · 60 Ill. 2d 418 - Borowski v. Von Solbrig · 14 Ill. App. 3d 672 - Borowski v. Von Solbrig
Most-quoted passages
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““If a doctor has given a plaintiff the benefit of his best judgment, assuming that judgment to be equal to that ordinarily used by reasonably well-qualified doctors in similar cases, he is ' not liable for negligence, even if that judgment is erroneous.” ( 102 Ill. App. 3d 270, 273 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[p]roof that a good result was not achieved is not proof of a breach of a physician's duty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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