{"id":1929,"date":"2015-01-12T10:00:44","date_gmt":"2015-01-12T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2015-01-04T09:43:57","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T15:43:57","slug":"illinois-federal-court-applies-traditional-medical-malpractice-ruling-suicide-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-federal-court-applies-traditional-medical-malpractice-ruling-suicide-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Federal Court Applies Traditional Medical Malpractice Ruling to Suicide Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>John Dux was alleged to have committed suicide because of a medical-malpractice incident at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hines.va.gov\/\">Hines Veterans Administration Hospital<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maywood-il.org\/\">Maywood<\/a>, Ill. The lawsuit brought by his daughter was filed against the United States government under the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Federal_Tort_Claims_Act\">Federal Tort Claims Act<\/a>, which included a claim for wrongful death.<\/p>\n<p>The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. The U.S. district judge who considered the case had to decide whether Illinois precedent on proximate causation blocked the wrongful-death claim.<\/p>\n<p>With two exceptions, Illinois follows the traditional rule that \u201ca plaintiff may not recover for a decedent\u2019s suicide following a tortious act because suicide is an independent intervening event that the tortfeasor cannot be expected to foresee.\u201d Luss v. Village of Forest Park, 377 Ill.App.3d 318 (2007).<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-federal-court-applies-traditional-medical-malpractice-ruling-suicide-lawsuit\/#more-1929\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Dux was alleged to have committed suicide because of a medical-malpractice incident at the Hines Veterans Administration Hospital in Maywood, Ill. The lawsuit brought by his daughter was filed against the United States government under the Federal Tort Claims Act, which included a claim for wrongful death. The parties filed cross-motions for summary judgment. 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