{"id":365,"date":"2011-03-10T14:45:05","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T20:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2011\/03\/10\/illinois_appellate_court_disti\/"},"modified":"2013-05-09T17:15:35","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T23:15:35","slug":"illinois_appellate_court_disti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_appellate_court_disti\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Distinguishes Judicial Admission from Evidentiary Admission &#8211; Serrano v. Rotman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a trial court decision to treat a defendant doctor\u2019s response to a plaintiff\u2019s request to admit facts as evidentiary evidence rather than a judicial admission.  The legal ruling arose out of an Illinois medical malpractice lawsuit involving complications following a surgeon&#8217;s attempt to reverse a tubal ligation surgery, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.state.il.us\/court\/opinions\/AppellateCourt\/2011\/1stDistrict\/February\/1092028.pdf\"><em>Migdalia Serrano v. Carlos A. Rotman, M.D.<\/em>, No. 1-09-2028.<\/a><br \/>\nIn her surgical malpractice lawsuit, the plaintiff, Migdalia Serrano, alleged that the defendant doctor, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oakbrookendoscopy.com\/physicians\/directorcv.htm\">Carlos Rotman, M.D.<\/a>, negligently chose not to administer Factor IX, a coagulation factor, before and after her tubal ligation surgery.  The plaintiff&#8217;s lawsuit alleged that the failure to administer the coagulation factor resulted in an infected hematoma.  The Cook County jury trial resulted in a verdict in favor of the defendant surgeon, which the plaintiff then appealed.<\/p>\n<p>At the center of the plaintiff&#8217;s appeal was that Dr. Rotman had been aware that Serrano was a hemophilia carrier, which would have made her more susceptible to developing a hematoma.  Serrano alleged that Rotman chose not to administer Factor IX despite knowing about her heightened risk for infection.  Moreover, the plaintiff alleged that as a result of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/lawyer-attorney-1342715.html\">surgical malpractice<\/a>, she suffered from additional medical complications that would not have occurred had she been given the Factor IX prior to her surgery.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_appellate_court_disti\/#more-365\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed a trial court decision to treat a defendant doctor\u2019s response to a plaintiff\u2019s request to admit facts as evidentiary evidence rather than a judicial admission. 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