WATSON v. ST. ANNES HOSPITAL

Nos. 76-23, 76-77, 76-148, 77-1184 cons.

68 Ill. App.3d 1048 (1979)

386 N.E.2d 885

BARBARA WATSON, Adm'r of the Estate of John McCarten, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ST. ANNES HOSPITAL et al., Defendants-Appellees. — MARY ANN SILVA, Adm'x of the Estate of Patricia Ann Silva, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DR. LIM et al., Defendants-Appellees. — WILLIE T. TURNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DR. BARRY C. ASHKINAS et al., Defendants-Appellees. — DORIS E. ELLISON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. RALPH WYNN, M.D., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed February 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Brooks, of Chicago, for appellant Barbara Watson.

Lane, Falasz, Munday & Trinley, of Chicago (John J. Munday, of counsel), for appellant Mary Ann Silva.

Mitgang, Levine and Schwartz, of Chicago (John B. Schwartz, of counsel), for appellant Willie T. Turner.

Joseph V. Roddy, of Chicago, for appellant Doris E. Ellison.

French & Rogers, of Chicago (Michael C. Kominiarek, of counsel), for appellees Dr. Shokrollah Yousefi, Dr. Robert A. Goldenberg, Dr. Lim, Dr. Roan, Dr. Barry C. Ashkinas, Dr. Ronald M. Johnson, Dr. Olga M. Jonasson, Dr. George Baird Helfrich, Dr. Manuel P. Blas, Dr. Thomas Lescher, Dr. Thomas Redlin, and Joyce Thrasher.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis C. Morrissey, John T. Coleman, and Daniel J. Cheely, of counsel), for appellees Ralph Wynn, M.D., and Gary Turner, M.D.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The principal issues common to each of the four cases consolidated for these appeals are whether an action in tort for money damages allegedly caused by negligence of certain doctors and a nurse who provided medical care to plaintiffs' decedents or plaintiffs must be filed exclusively in the Illinois Court of Claims, because each...

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