VORTANZ v. ELMHURST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

No. 2-88-0148.

179 Ill. App.3d 584 (1989)

534 N.E.2d 625

RUSSELL VORTANZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELMHURST MEMORIAL HOSPITAL et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Second District.

Opinion filed February 3, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary T. Fitzmaurice, of Dombrowski & Sorensen, of Chicago (Robert A. Habib, of counsel), for appellant.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Wheaton (Bruce T. Terlep, of counsel), for appellee George Nachich.

Gerald Haberkorn, Stephen R. Swofford, and Daniel M. Purdom, all of Hinshaw, Culbertson, Moelmann, Hoban & Fuller, of Chicago, for appellee Elmhurst Memorial Hospital.

Adrianna K. Liber, of O'Reilly, Cunningham, Norton & Mancini, of Wheaton (Larry A. Mancini, of counsel), for appellee Carl Dinello.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE DUNN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Russell Vortanz, appeals from the denial of a motion to vacate an order dismissing his complaint with prejudice as a sanction pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 219(c) (107 Ill.2d R. 219(c)) because of his failure to produce an expert witness for deposition on the date the trial judge had directed the deposition to proceed. Plaintiff contends on appeal that the trial court should...

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