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Caption: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980
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138 BOARD OF TRUSTEES [November 17 College of Applied Life Studies Bachelor of Science Total, Degrees Conferred at Urbana-Champaign Campus 11 543 ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD President Howard called attention to the schedule of meetings for the next three m o n t h s : December 13, Chicago Circle; January 17 (annual meeting), U r b a n a ; February 21, Medical Center. H e also announced that a n executive session had been requested and would be convened after the meeting to consider reports of pending litigation. RECESS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION Following a short recess, the board reconvened in executive session and considered the following items of business: Litigation Initiated by Geraldine Atkins (25) A complaint has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County (Case No. 78L 22160) by Geraldine Atkins in which the "University of Illinois Hospital" is named as the defendant. T h e complaint seeks damages in the amount of $25,000 for injuries alleged to have been incurred by plaintiff on July 21, 1977 when she slipped and fell in an elevator at the University of Illinois Hospital. The university counsel has recommended that he be authorized to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel, to protect the interests of the University in this matter and to defend the claim. I concur. T h e student advisory vote w a s : Aye, M r . Sobotka, M r . W a t s o n ; n o . n o n e ; a b s e n t , Miss K o o p e r . O n m o t i o n of M r . L e n z , a u t h o r i t y w a s g i v e n as r e c o m m e n d e d by t h e following v o t e : A y e , M r . F o r s y t h , M r . H a h n , M r . H o w a r d , M r . L e n z , M r . Neal, M r s . Shepherd, M r . Velasquez; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Livingston, M r s . R a d e r , G o v e r n o r T h o m p s o n . Litigation Initiated by Helen Jones (26) T h e University has received a copy of a Notice of Claim filed by Helen Jones in the Illinois Court of Claims stating that she will bring an action against the University for damages on account of personal injuries she suffered at the University of Illinois Hospital on July 6, 1977 as a result of medical negligence. In addition, Helen Jones has filed a complaint in the Circuit Court of Cook County (Case No. 78L 22009) in which Drs. Oscar Sugar, Milas, and Zeyala are named as defendants. I n the Circuit Court proceeding the plaintiff alleges that each of the defendant doctors was negligent in performing certain surgery (a craniotomy) upon her while she was a patient at the University of Illinois Hospital on or about November 1, 1976, and that as a result of the negligence she received permanent damage to her eyes and skull. Damages are sought against each of the defendants in the amount of $250,000. As employees of the University the named defendants are entitled to protection under the University's Risk Management and Self Insurance Program, if they were engaged in the performance of University duties. The university counsel has recommended that he be authorized to take such steps as are necessary or appropriate, including the employment of special counsel,
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