SCOTT v. SKOKIE VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSP.

No. 76-1198.

370 N.E.2d 107 (1977)

54 Ill. App.3d 766

12 Ill.Dec. 484

Don SCOTT, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Beverley L. Scott, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SKOKIE VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, a corporation, Seymour Sholder, M.D., Morton Goldmann, M.D., Dr. Richard Rubenstein, Dr. Stellios Zaharakis and Dr. Mary Karp, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

November 17, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brundage, Garr & Driscoll, Ltd., Chicago, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, for defendant-appellee, Skokie Valley Hospital; Hugh L. Moore and Hugh C. Griffin, Chicago, of counsel.

McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, Chicago, for defendant-appellee, Dr. Stellios Zaharakis; Robert S. Soderstrom and Robin J. Omahana, Chicago, of counsel.


LINN, Justice.

Plaintiff appeals from the dismissal of an action brought under the Wrongful Death Act (Ill.Rev.Stat.1973, ch. 70, pars. 1 et seq.) to recover damages against defendants, alleging that their negligence caused the death of decedent. Defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that an estate had not been opened for decedent, nor had plaintiff been appointed administrator of plaintiff's estate within the statutory period of two years...

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