Cisarik v. Palos Community Hospital

This is a medical malpractice case brought by a brain-damaged infant against a hospital and others. As part of plaintiff’s case in chief, her counsel intends to produce a motion picture of plaintiff which would depict a typical day in her life. The purpose of the movie is to give the jury a grasp of the full extent of plaintiff’s disabilities and handicaps.

Defense counsel asked for and obtained from the trial court a protective order giving them advance notice of the filming, the right to be present at the filming, and a copy of the finished film as well as all edited out and unused footage.…