Szfranski v. Azaran

This is a permissive interlocutory appeal brought pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R. 308). Central to our resolution of each of the five questions certified by the trial court is the interpretation of subsections (d) and (e) of section 6.17 of the Hospital Licensing Act (HLA) (210 ILCS 85/6.17(d), (e) (West 2000)). However, before addressing the certified questions, we will briefly set out the procedural history of the litigation giving rise to this appeal.

In its decision in Burger v. Lutheran General Hospital, 198 Ill. 2d 21, 759 N.E.2d 533 (2001), our supreme court upheld…