(June 11, 2018, 12:50 PM EDT) -- CHICAGO — An Illinois appeals panel on May 30 affirmed a trial court ruling barring a plaintiff from invoking the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur in a medical malpractice suit against the physician who performed her tonsillectomy. The appeals court said the surgery did not cause her speech issues and trouble swallowing because those problems were psychological and not caused by negligence (Laura Hansen v. Glenn Schwartz, et al., No. 1-17-0351, Ill. App., 1st Jud. Dist., 3rd Div.)....