Mealey's (April 20, 2017, 10:47 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals panel on March 24 reversed a county judge’s dismissal of an apparent agency claim against a pet hospital franchisor, saying the plaintiff presented enough evidence to raise a question of material fact as to whether the franchisor held out a veterinarian as its apparent agent for the veterinary medical treatment a woman’s pet cat received (Tamela Bangs v. Medical Management International Inc., et al., Nos. 1-15-34890, 1-16-0258 [cons.], Ill. App., 1st Dist., 5th Div., 2017 Ill. App. Unpub. LEXIS 599)....