Jacobs v. Rush North Shore Medical Center

Plaintiff Bradley Jacobs (Jacobs) appeals from an order of the circuit court that dismissed, with prejudice, defendants Rush North Shore Medical Center (Rush) and Northwestern Memorial Hospital (Northwestern) in Jacobs’ medical malpractice action. Jacobs asks us to find that the trial court abused its discretion when it held that the section 2 — 622 attorney affidavit and reviewing health professional’s report he submitted were insufficient as to these defendants. 735 ILCS 5/2 — 622 (West 1994). In the alternative, he asks us to find that the trial court abused its discretion when it refused…