Almgren v. Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center

These two appeals involve medical malpractice cases that have been consolidated in this court. Both appeals challenge the propriety of trial court rulings with respect to defense motions to engage in pretrial ex parte interviews of the plaintiffs’ treating physicians. The parties undertook interlocutory appeals from the trial court rulings. The majority dismisses the appeals for lack of appellate jurisdiction. I respectfully dissent from the majority’s disposition of these appeals on jurisdictional grounds.

ANALYSIS

I disagree with the majority’s decision to dismiss the instant appeals for lack…