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ROBERSON v. LIU

No. 5-87-0801.

198 Ill. App.3d 332 (1990)

555 N.E.2d 999

CATHRYNE ROBERSON, by her Brother, Next Friend and Guardian, Benjamin Isaac, Plaintiff, v. M.J. LIU et al., Defendants (John C. Ryan, Attorney at Law, Contemnor-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed May 8, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Ryan, pro se, and Michael F. Dahlen, both of Feirich, Schoen, Mager & Green, of Carbondale, for appellant.

Cook, Shevlin, Keefe & Ysursa, Ltd., of Belleville (Bruce N. Cook, of counsel), for Cathryne Roberson.

Samuels, Miller, Schroeder, Jackson & Sly, of Decatur, and Judge & Knight, Ltd., of Park Ridge (William O. Martin, Jr., and Martin D. Hoke, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel.

Order vacated.

JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

The question before this court, in what appears to be a tangential discovery dispute in a medical malpractice action, in reality involves the integrity of the entire discovery process in the State of Illinois, the applicability of the discovery rules as rules of procedure and not mere advisory suggestions for conduct in the development of a cause of action prior to trial, and the ability...

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