Batten v. Retz

On October 26, 1987, plaintiff Robert E. Batten brought a complaint in two counts against defendant Doctors Retz, Ebalo and Rhee and defendant radiologist and hospital corporations complaining of medical malpractice that allegedly resulted in the untimely death of Margaret Batten on October 26, 1985. On motion of the defendants, the circuit court of Rock Island County dismissed the complaint with prejudice for failure to comply with section 2 — 622 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2 — 622). The court subsequently denied plaintiff’s post-judgment motion to…