MORGAN v. DICKSTEIN

No. 5-95-0211.

686 N.E.2d 56 (1997)

292 Ill. App.3d 822

226 Ill.Dec. 707

Karla MORGAN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph S. DICKSTEIN, M.D., and Edward A. Utlaut Memorial Hospital, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

October 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kim Roger Luther, Darren E. Daley, Jennifer L. Stockton, Luther & Associates, St. Louis, MO, for Joseph S. Dickstein, M.D.

Mary Anne Mellow, Thomas J. Smith, Sandberg, Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Edward A. Utlaut Memorial Hosp.

Bruce N. Cook, Cook, Shevlin, Ysura, Brauer & Bartholomew, Ltd., Belleville, for Plaintiff-Appellee.


Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants, Joseph S. Dickstein, M.D. (Dr. Dickstein), and Edward A. Utlaut Memorial Hospital (the Hospital), appeal from the order of the Bond County circuit court granting a motion for change of venue filed by plaintiff, Karla Morgan. On appeal, we consider whether the trial court abused its discretion by granting the motion. We reverse and remand.

Plaintiff filed her complaint on November 13, 1990, in...

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