Accordingly, the case was remanded to circuit court for further proceedings. Also, it is interesting to note that though the primary care physician did get sued, the specialist, Dr. Friedman, was not named as a defendant in the case. Depending on the court system and the allegations made and supporting facts and laws and other factors, some of the allegations are accepted by the court system and some of the allegations are not upheld. Lawyers research other cases similar to the case they are working on and use these other cases as precedent to show the court why their case should be decided in a certain manner. This is what precedent is about.
Courts attempt to decide cases on the basis of principles established in prior cases.
Different states have different laws and some cases in one state such as in California or Texas with similar fact pattern might not necessarily result with the same verdict in another state such as in Illinois due to reasons such as applicable law and precedent.