MEIER v. RYAN

No. 1-21-1674.

222 N.E.3d 284 (2023)

2023 IL App (1st) 211674

Mary Ellen MEIER, Individually and as Independent Executor of the Estate of Edmund Meier, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul D. RYAN, M.D.; Barry J. Sidorow, M.D.; Paul A. Freier, M.D.; Adventist Health Parnters, Inc., d/b/a Suburban Cardiologists, d/b/a Adventist Heart and Vascular Institute, a/k/a Amita Health Medical Group Heart and Vascular; John C. Conroy, D.O.; Alexian Brothers AHS Midwest Region Health Company, d/b/a Amita Health Medical Group; Michael Milani, D.O.; Risha M. Foster, M.D.; UroPartners, LLC, d/b/a Uro-Partners Lagrange Urology; Melissa M. Kelly, D.O.; Stephen M. Sloan, M.D.; Ali H. Bawamia, M.D.; Advance Inpatient Medicine, LLC; Jaime Belmares Avalos, M.D.; Metro Infectious Disease Consultants, P.I.I.C.; and Adventist Midwest Health d/b/a Adventist Hinsdale Hospital d/b/a Amita Health Adventist Medical Center Hinsdale, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, SIXTH DIVISION.

Rehearing denied April 20, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia E. Raymond , Clark M. Raymond , Robert L. Raymond , and Timothy R. Borchardt , of Raymond & Raymond, Ltd., of Schaumburg, for appellant.

Aiju C. Thevatheril , Catherine Basque Weiler , and Kristine M. Reveille , of Swanson, Martin & Bell, LLP, of Chicago, for appellees Melissa M. Kelly, Stephen M. Sloan, Ali Bawamia, and Advance Inpatient Medicine, LLC.

Steven C. Steinback and Jason D. Gluskin , of Barker, Castro & Steinback, LLC, of Chicago, for appellees Adventist Health Partners, Inc., Alexian Brothers AHS Midwest Region Health Company, Adventist Midwest Health, Paul D. Ryan, Barry J. Sidorow, Paul A. Freier, and John C. Conroy.

No brief filed for other appellees.


OPINION

¶ 1 This is a permissive interlocutory appeal with a single issue: whether the trial court abused its discretion when it granted defendants' forum non conveniens motion to transfer this medical malpractice case from Cook County to Du Page County...

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