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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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tunity Program. Count IV also requests an injunction preventing the Illinois director of the Department of Registration and Education from administering the State Medical License Examination to certified Fifth Pathway students and a finding by the court that the statute is unconstitutional. Further, Count IV seeks an order requiring the University to give a full accounting of all expenditures of federal funds under the University's Minority Opportunity Program. 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 provide representation for those University employees who request the same, all in accordance with the University's risk management self-insurance program. I concur.

T h e student advisory vote was: Aye, Mr. Sobotka, Miss Wyncott; no, none; absent, Mr. Grady. On motion of Mr. Howard, authority was given as recommended by the following vote: Aye, Dr. Donoghue, Mr. Forsyth, Mr. H a h n , Mr. Howard, Mr. Lenz, Mr. Neal, Mrs. Shepherd, Mr. Stone, Mr. Velasquez; no, none; absent, Governor Thompson. Litigation Initiated on Behalf of Jose Ortiz, Jr.

(38) A claim has been filed in the Illinois Court of Claims (Case No. 80 CC 0227) against the University by Jose Ortiz, Jr., a minor by his mother and next friend, Maria Ortiz, seeking recovery of $95,000 for injuries alleged to have been suffered by the minor on February 24, 1978 while a patient at the University of Illinois Hospital. The complaint alleges that the University was negligent in handling, treating and caring for the minor as a result of which he suffered a fracture of the right femur. 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. I concur. T h e s t u d e n t a d v i s o r y v o t e w a s : Aye, M r . S o b o t k a , Miss W y n c o t t ; no, n o n e ; absent, M r . Grady. O n m o t i o n of M r . H o w a r d , a u t h o r i t y w a s given as r e c o m m e n d 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, Mrs. Shepherd, M r . Stone, M r . Velasquez; no, n o n e ; absent, Governor T h o m p s o n .

Litigation Initiated by Ellen Rita Avery

(39) A complaint has been filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County (Case No. 78 L 25702) by Ellen Rita Avery, a former patient at Ravenswood Hospital and Medical Center, one of the Chicago hospitals which are signatories to the University's Hospital Affiliation Agreement with the Metropolitan Group. A University resident, Dr. Elian El-Rahi, is named as a defendant along with Ravenswood Hospital and Medical Center and other doctors who are alleged to have been agents and employees of Ravenswood Hospital. The first amended complaint alleges that on March 14, 1977, following an accident, the plaintiff was taken to Ravenswood Hospital where her left arm and wrist were x-rayed and casted for fractures. It is alleged that these procedures were negligently performed by each of the defendants, and recovery is sought against each of the defendants in the amount of $1,000,000 plus costs.