COY v. WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSP. DIST.

No. 5-06-0140.

866 N.E.2d 651 (2007)

Thomas COY, D.O., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WASHINGTON COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, d/b/a Washington County Hospital, Defendant-Appellee (The Southern Illinoisan, Intervening Petitioner-Appellant, and Nashville News, Intervening Petitioner).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

April 9, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott B. Sievers, Donald M. Craven, P.C., Springfield, for The Southern Illinoisan.

John Womick Law Firm, Chtd., Herrin, for Thomas Coy, D.O.

Eric M. Trelz, Bryan D. LeMoine, Polsinelli Shalton Welte Suelthans P.C., Clayton, MO, for Washington County Hospital.


Presiding Justice WELCH delivered the opinion of the court:

Intervenor-appellant The Southern Illinoisan, a daily newspaper headquartered in Carbondale with readership across a broad swath of southern Illinois, appeals the February 21, 2006, order of the circuit court of Washington County denying The Southern Illinoisan's request that the court unseal, with respect to the names of patients contained therein, the court's order of February 18, 2005, in the above-captioned...

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