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SHANKS v. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

No. 5-87-0356.

170 Ill. App.3d 736 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 177

MARY FAY SHANKS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed June 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Alvey, Jr., of Thompson & Mitchell, of Belleville, for appellant.

M. Melinda Sanderson, of Kujawski & Rosen, of Belleville, for appellee.

Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE CALVO delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Mary Shanks, sued defendant, Memorial Hospital, alleging that the malpractice of defendant's nursing staff resulted in her injuries. The Healing Art Malpractice Act (the Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2-622) requires that at the time of filing a malpractice complaint, a plaintiff must also file an affidavit that he or she has consulted with a health care professional...

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