O'CONNELL v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL

Nos. 61666, 61667 cons.

112 Ill.2d 273 (1986)

492 N.E.2d 1322

THOMAS O'CONNELL, Appellee, v. ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied June 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lord, Bissell & Brook (Judy P. Perlman, Hugh C. Griffin and Diane I. Jennings, of counsel), and Wildmann, Harrold, Allen & Dixon (Richard C. Bartelt and Jack C. Silhavy, of counsel), all of Chicago, for appellants Adhok Dholakia and James Elmes.

John D. Cassiday and Dennis A. Ferraro, of Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, of Chicago, for appellant St. Francis Hospital.

Dowd & Dowd, Ltd., of Chicago (Kevin P. Kamraczewski, Philip J. McGuire, Nancy J. Gleason and Marybeth Jacobsen, of counsel), for appellee.

Robert J. Glenn, of Chicago, and James Paul Costello, of Des Plaines (Robert J. Drummond, of Motherway & Glenn, P.C., of Chicago, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


Order reserved; cause remanded.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Thomas O'Connell, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County alleging medical malpractice against defendants, St. Francis Hospital of Blue Island, Adhok Dholakia, M.D., and James Elmes, M.D. All defendants moved to dismiss the complaint with prejudice pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 103(b) (87 Ill.2d R. 103(b)...

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