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Richard M. Daley's health took center stage Tuesday in the city's lawsuit against the operators of a popular Millennium Park restaurant, with a judge calling on lawyers to provide more proof it would be a medical hardship for the former mayor to be forced to take the witness stand.
Daley's lawyers filed a motion last week asking a judge to toss out a subpoena compelling him to testify in the city’s case against the clout-heavy investors who run the Park Grill on the grounds that appearing in court would be a medical hardship. But they did not specifically explain why it would be a problem for the 72-year-old former mayor, who was hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Northwestern Memorial Hospital at the end of January after falling ill during a business trip to Arizona.
On Tuesday, Cook County Circuit Court Judge Moshe Jacobius said he needs additional information about the mayor’s medical condition before considering the issue. But even the process for providing such evidence became a point of contention, with Daley’s attorneys arguing they should be allowed to show a medical affidavit only to the judge and the other lawyers in the case, rather than entering it in court as is the usual process.
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