MICHIGAN AVE. NAT. BANK v. COUNTY OF COOK

No. 1-98-1974.

714 N.E.2d 1010 (1999)

306 Ill. App.3d 392

239 Ill.Dec. 713

MICHIGAN AVENUE NATIONAL BANK, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Cynthia Collins, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COUNTY OF COOK, a body politic; County of Cook, a body politic d/b/a Cook County Hospital; Barbara Weiss, M.D. f/k/a Barbara Ellison, M.D.; Mohammed Ali, M.D.; and Mary LeBlanc, R.N., Defendants-Appellees (Lisa Ferrill, R.N., and Irma Garcia, R.N., Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied August 20, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey M. Goldberg, Michael V. Marsh, Jeffrey M. Goldberg & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, for appellant.

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County (Patricia M. Shymanski, Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, Peter D. Fischer, Deputy Chief, Civil Actions Bureau, of counsel), for appellee.

Mark Szaflarski, Joel H. Greenburg, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


Presiding Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Michigan Avenue National Bank, as Special Administrator of the Estate of Cynthia Collins, deceased, filed a medical malpractice lawsuit against the County of Cook, a body politic; Cook County Hospital; Barbara Weiss, M.D.; Mohammed Ali, M.D.; Mary LeBlanc, R.N.; Lisa Ferrill, R.N.; and Irma Garcia, R.N. Four years after the lawsuit was filed, the defendants moved for summary judgment, contending...

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