CUTLER v. NORTHWEST SUBURBAN HOSP.

No. 2-09-1074.

939 N.E.2d 1032 (2010)

Gary CUTLER, Independent Administrator of the Estate of Mary Beth Cutler, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHWEST SUBURBAN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC., Indiv. and d/b/a Barix Clinics and Barix Clinics of Illinois; Forest Health Services Corporation, Indiv. and d/b/a Bariatric Treatment Centers of Illinois; Bariatric Treatment Centers of Illinois, Inc., d/b/a Bariatric Treatment Center; Eric Vaughn; Roy E. Berkowitz; Proctor Hospital; and James R. DeBord, Defendants-Appellees (Bariatric Specialists of Illinois, S.C., and Kent Hess, Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

November 29, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nathan Reyes , Cynthia Szymanski Koroll , The Szymanski Koroll Litigation Group, Rockford, for Gary Cutler.

Julie A. Teuscher , John J. Reid , Cassiday Schade LLP, Chicago, for Bariatric Specialists of Illinois S.C., Bariatric Treatment Centers of Illinois, Forest Health Services Corp., and Northwest Suburban Community Hospital, Inc.

Jennifer L. Medenwald , April R. Walkup , Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., Chicago, for Roy E. Berkowitz and Eric Vaughn.

Karen L. Kendall , Roger R. Clayton , Mark A. Ludolph , Heyl, Royster, Voelker and Allen, Peoria, for Proctor Hospital.

Marvel Pretorius Jr. , Laura A. Petersen , Jay H. Scholl , Quinn, Johnston, Henderson, Pretorius & Cerulo, Peoria, for James R. Debord M.D.


Justice SCHOSTOK delivered the opinion of the court:

On July 6, 2007, the plaintiff, Gary Cutler, filed his third amended 27-count medical malpractice complaint against the defendants, Northwest Suburban Community Hospital, Inc. (Northwest Suburban), Bariatric Specialists of Illinois, S.C. (Bariatric Specialists), Forest Health Services Corp. (Forest), Bariatric Treatment Centers of Illinois, Inc. (BTC), Dr. Eric Vaughn, Dr. Roy E. Berkowitz, Proctor Hospital (Proctor...

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