THOMPSON BY THOMPSON v. HEYDEMANN

No. 1-88-0931.

596 N.E.2d 664 (1992)

231 Ill. App.3d 578

173 Ill.Dec. 40

Russell THOMPSON, a minor by Donald THOMPSON, individually and as father and next friend, and by Ida Thompson, individually and as mother and next friend, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Peter HEYDEMANN, M.D., and Robert Lussky, M.D., Defendants-Appellees, and Evanston Hospital Corporation, a corporation; McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, a corporation, f/k/a Northwestern University Medical School, and sometimes known as Northwestern University; Thomas H. Gardner, M.D.; Hartley S. Bergoun, M.D.; William Cunningham and David Ingall, M.D.; individually and as servants, agents and employees of Evanston Hospital Corporation, a corporation; McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, a corporation, f/k/a Northwestern University Medical School, and sometimes known as Northwestern University; and Hartley S. Bergoun, M.D.; individually and as partners, servants, agents, and employees of Evanston Hospital Corporation, a corporation; McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, a corporation, f/k/a Northwestern University Medical School, and sometimes known as Northwestern University, Defendants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

June 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albert Brooks Friedman, Ltd., Chicago (George E. Panos and John P. Coleman, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago (Hugh C. Griffin and Paul J. Peralta, of counsel), for defendant-appellee Peter Heydemann.

Johnson, Cusack & Bell, Ltd., Chicago (Pamela L. Gellen, Emilio E. Machado and Thomas H. Fegan, of counsel), for appellee Robert Lussky, M.D.


Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Russell Thompson appeals orders of the circuit court of Cook County granting motions to dismiss with prejudice two counts of his medical malpractice action naming defendants Robert Lussky, M.D., and Peter Heydemann, M.D., as defendants, and denying plaintiff's motion to file a supplemental report concerning these two defendants. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand the cause for further proceedings...

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