Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1980 [PAGE 383]

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

[July 18

ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD

P r e s i d e n t F o r s y t h c a l l e d a t t e n t i o n t o t h e s c h e d u l e of r e g u l a r m e e t i n g s for t h e rest of t h e c a l e n d a r y e a r : S e p t e m b e r 20, M e d i c a l C e n t e r ; O c t o b e r 18, U r b a n a ; N o v e m b e r 15, C h i c a g o C i r c l e ; D e c e m b e r 12, M e d i c a l C e n t e r . H e also a n n o u n c e d t h a t a n e x e c u t i v e session h a d b e e n r e q u e s t e d a n d w o u l d be c o n v e n e d a f t e r t h e m e e t i n g t o c o n s i d e r r e p o r t s of p e n d i n g litigation a n d e m p l o y m e n t m a t t e r s .

RECESS AND EXECUTIVE SESSION

F o l l o w i n g a s h o r t recess, t h e b o a r d r e c o n v e n e d in e x e c u t i v e session a n d c o n s i d e r e d t h e following i t e m s of b u s i n e s s : O n m o t i o n of M r . L e n z , t h e b o a r d a g r e e d t h a t o n e roll call v o t e w o u l d b e t a k e n a n d c o n s i d e r e d t h e roll call v o t e o n e a c h of t h e n e x t f o u r i t e m s . T h e student advisory vote w a s : Aye, M r . Grady, M r . Sobotka, Miss Wyncott; no, none. O n m o t i o n of M r . L e n z , these i t e m s w e r e a p p r o v e d by t h e following v o t e : Aye, D r . D o n o g h u 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 . Lenz, M r . Neal, M r s . Shepherd, M r . S t o n e ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Velasquez, G o v e r n o r T h o m p s o n .

Litigation Initiated by Robert E. Allgood

(39) A complaint has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois (Case No. 78 L 20479), by Robert E. Allgood, a former patient at Cook County Hospital. The defendants are the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County, Illinois; M. L. Hanamudass, M . D . ; Sanford S. Weissbuch, M . D . ; and Samuel K. Appavu, M.D. The complaint alleges that between January 28, 1978, and March 20, 1978, the plaintiff was a patient at Cook County Hospital and, as a result of alleged negligence on the part of all the defendants, he sustained injuries which resulted in the amputation of both feet. Money damages are sought to be recovered from all of the defendants. At certain of the times alleged in the complaint the defendant Dr. Sanford S. Weissbuch was a University of Illinois medical student assigned to Cook County Hospital as a Resident I pursuant to an affiliation agreement between the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County and the University. University medical students who are residents at affiliated hospitals are covered persons under the University of Illinois self-insurance plan when acting within the scope of their University duties. Dr. Weissbuch has requested the University to provide his defense in the matter. Pursuant to previous delegations by the Board of Trustees the university counsel has been given interim authorization 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 provide representation for Dr. Weissbuch, all in accordance with the University's risk management and self-insurance program. The university counsel has recommended that such authorization be ratified, approved and confirmed in all respects. I concur.

Litigation Initiated by Lorene Bonaparte

(40) A complaint has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County (Case No. 79 L 6248) by Lorene Bonaparte, a former patient at Cook County Hospital. The