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The Illinois Appellate Court reversed the Will County associate judge\u2019s April 2017 decision to deny plaintiff Susan Steed\u2019s post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. In this case, Steed\u2019s husband, Glenn Steed, suffered an Achilles tendon injury playing basketball. After the Feb. 17, 2009 injury, his right leg and ankle were placed in a cast two days after the injury by the defendant doctors at Rezin Orthopedics<\/a>. <\/p>\n

He was ordered to follow up in two weeks, but the receptionist at the defendant\u2019s office did not schedule an appointment until March 13, 2009. <\/p>\n

On Feb. 20, 2009, he told his wife that his cast was uncomfortable. Five days later he called the defendant\u2019s office to have his follow-up rescheduled. The receptionist changed his appointment to March 12, 2009, but on March 8, 2009, he suffered a fatal blood clot that traveled to one of his lungs, resulting in his death.
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The Illinois Appellate Court reversed the Will County associate judge\u2019s April 2017 decision to deny plaintiff Susan Steed\u2019s post-trial motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict. In this case, Steed\u2019s husband, Glenn Steed, suffered an Achilles tendon injury playing basketball. 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