MURPHY v. GIARDINA

No. 77-1569.

78 Ill. App.3d 896 (1979)

397 N.E.2d 845

PATRICK MURPHY, Indiv. and as Adm'r of the Estates of Theresa Murphy et al., Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. DR. JACOB GIARDINA, M.D., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Modified on denial of rehearing December 3, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Lowery, of Chicago, for appellant.

Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago (John G. Langhenry, Jr., and Stanley Davidson, of counsel), for appellee St. Anne's Hospital.

Mark C. Fedota and William J. Rogers, both of Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago, for appellee Elio G. Vento, M.D.

Jerome N. Groark, Terrence E. Kiwala, and Lorenzo Bracy, all of Rooks, Pitts, Fullagar, and Poust, of Chicago, for appellee Bruno S. Cortis, M.D.


Order affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE McGLOON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Patrick Murphy filed a wrongful death action against defendant Dr. Jacob Giardina for the deaths of his pregnant wife Theresa and unborn son, John. One day short of the two-year statute of limitations, plaintiff filed his first amended complaint naming appellees St. Anne's Hospital, Dr. Bruno Cortis, and Dr. Elio Vento, respondents in discovery, pursuant to section 21.1 of the...

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