WRIGHT v. CENTRAL DU PAGE HOSP. ASS'N

No. 48075.

63 Ill.2d 313 (1976)

347 N.E.2d 736

JEAN MARY WRIGHT et al., Appellees, v. CENTRAL DU PAGE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 14, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard & French, of Chicago (Richard G. French and Michael C. Kominiarek, of counsel), for appellant Central Du Page Hospital Association.

Frederic O. Floberg, of Chicago (William D. Serritella, Michael J. Critelli, and Ross, Hardies, O'Keefe, Babcock & Parsons, of counsel), for appellant Dr. John A. Heitzler.

William J. Scott, Attorney General, of Chicago (Paul J. Bargiel and Patricia Rosen, Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellant Robert B. Wilcox, Director of Insurance.

Nat P. Ozmon, Leonard M. Ring and William J. Harte, of Chicago (Laurence T. Stanner, Ralph L. Brill, Karla Wright and Timothy M. O'Brien, of counsel), for appellee Jean Mary Wright.

Joseph Keig, Jr., and Bennet B. Harvey, Jr., both of Chicago (William G. Schopf, Jr., John A. McLees, and Keck, Cushman, Mahin & Cate, of counsel), for appellee Hartford Casualty Insurance Co.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago (Max E. Wildman, James P. Dorr and Kay L. Schichtel, of counsel), for appellee Medical Protective Co.

Wayne A. Lenczycki, of Skokie, and Thomas G. Baffes and Richard J. Daley, both of Chicago, for amicus curiae Protective Medical Association of Illinois.

Burditt and Calkins, of Chicago (Richard E. Favoriti, Tom Scheuneman and Michael V. Hasten, of counsel), for amici curiae Illinois State Medical Society and Jerry M. Ingalls.


Affirmed in part and vacated in part.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

In separate actions filed in the circuit court of Cook County, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company (hereafter Hartford) and The Medical Protective Company (hereafter Medical Protective) sought declaratory judgments holding invalid section 401a of the Illinois Insurance Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 73, par. 1013a). The cases were consolidated, and the circuit...

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