{"id":79,"date":"2015-10-29T12:21:37","date_gmt":"2015-10-29T17:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=79"},"modified":"2018-09-12T16:08:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T21:08:17","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-discusses-medical-battery-cases-and-potential-affidavit-requirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/illinois-appellate-court-discusses-medical-battery-cases-and-potential-affidavit-requirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Discusses Medical Battery Cases and Potential Affidavit Requirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An Illinois Appeals Court recently confirmed that some plaintiffs in medical battery claims are required to include a certificate of merit at the same time that they file the initial lawsuit. According to one news <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natlawreview.com\/article\/illinois-court-extends-affidavit-and-health-professional-s-report-requirements-to\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a>, this was the second appeals court to require the certificate in this type of case.<\/p>\n<p>Under Illinois law, when a plaintiff files suit against a medical professional alleging negligence, the plaintiff is required to attach a sworn statement, or affidavit, to the complaint indicating that the claim is reasonable and that there is merit to the case. The statement must be based on the plaintiff\u2019s consultation with a medical professional about the circumstances of the case. Medical negligence is also called medical malpractice.<\/p>\n<p>In the recent case, one of the plaintiff\u2019s claims was for medical battery in addition to medical malpractice. In a medical battery action, a plaintiff claims that the treating doctor touched or operated on a part of his or her body without the plaintiff\u2019s consent during a medical procedure. In the first medical battery case that the court addressed, a surgeon cut the patient\u2019s tendons during surgery, even though the surgery did not require that the tendons be severed, and the patient had not authorized that the tendons be cut.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/illinois-appellate-court-discusses-medical-battery-cases-and-potential-affidavit-requirement\/#more-79\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Illinois Appeals Court recently confirmed that some plaintiffs in medical battery claims are required to include a certificate of merit at the same time that they file the initial lawsuit. According to one news source, this was the second appeals court to require the certificate in this type of case. 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