SHAPIRA v. LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL

Nos. 1-89-1035, 1-89-1036 cons.

199 Ill. App.3d 479 (1990)

557 N.E.2d 351

JACOB H. SHAPIRA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL et al., Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed May 22, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cassiday, Schade & Gloor, of Chicago (Rudolf G. Schade, Jr., Timothy J. Ashe, and Steven P. Garmisa, of counsel), for appellant Lutheran General Hospital.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (M.J. Yardley, Hugh C. Griffin, and Nancy Shaw, of counsel), for other appellants.

Holstein, Mack & Klein, of Chicago (John M. Mack, of counsel), for appellee.


Order reversed.

JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This consolidated defendants' appeal is from the circuit court's order granting plaintiff's section 2-1401 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2-1401) (section 2-1401) petition to vacate the dismissal of his medical malpractice suit with prejudice, claiming that the circuit court abused its discretion in allowing the vacatur.

The alleged malpractice took place on November 7, 1980...

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