HOPKINS v. ILLINOIS MASONIC MED. CENTER

No. 1-89-3213.

570 N.E.2d 575 (1991)

211 Ill. App.3d 652

156 Ill.Dec. 99

John HOPKINS and Eunice Hopkins, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellee, and Dr. Sid John Shafer; Dr. William Meltzer; Dr. Michael Lewis; and Dr. Ira B. Kornblatt, Defendants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

March 21, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Rathsack, Chicago (Philip F. Maher and Michael W. Rathsack, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Connelly, Mustes & Schroeder, Chicago (John J. Mustes and John R. Ostojic, of counsel), for defendant-appellee, Illinois Masonic Medical Center.


Justice LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, John and Eunice Hopkins, brought a medical malpractice action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants, Illinois Masonic Medical Center; Sid Shafer, M.D.; William Meltzer, M.D.; Michael Lewis, M.D.; and Ira Kornblatt, M.D. The trial court dismissed Illinois Masonic from the action.

Approximately three years later, plaintiffs petitioned the trial court to vacate the dismissal of Illinois...

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