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An Illinois medical malpractice claim<\/a> involving a failure to diagnose cancer<\/a> was barred by the Illinois Appellate Court under the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act<\/a>. Defendant CGH Medical Center Auxiliary, d\/b\/a CGH Medical Center, was a municipal entity, and according to the Act, government entities, such as a public health clinic, are immune from certain types of negligence committed by the entity and\/or its employees.<\/p>\n

The Appellate Court reviewed Hemminger v. Nehring, et al.<\/em>, No. 3-08-0751<\/a>, to determine whether the Tort Immunity Act immunized the defendants against allegations of medical negligence contained within plaintiff’s complaint. The plaintiff’s complaint alleged that the defendant’s employee was negligent when she failed to correctly interpret the decedent’s Pap smear, which showed that the decedent had cervical cancer. As a result of the defendant’s negligence, the decedent’s cancer went undiagnosed for six months. By the time her cervical cancer was diagnosed it was classified as Stage IIIb and eventually led to her death.<\/p>\n

In response, the defendants filed motions for summary judgment, which if granted would result in the case’s dismissal. In its motions, the defendants argued that they were immune from any liability or negligence under the Tort Immunity Act. They also argued that the case should be dismissed because the plaintiff failed to file the complaint within the one year statue of limitations set out for municipal entities. The plaintiff’s complaint was instead filed within two years of the medical negligence, which would have met the statute of limitations for a non-government entity.<\/p>\n

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