Thompson v. Heydemann

Plaintiff Russell Thompson appeals orders of the circuit court of Cook County granting motions to dismiss with prejudice two counts of his medical malpractice action naming defendants Robert Lussky, M.D., and Peter Heydemann, M.D., as defendants, and denying plaintiff’s motion to file a supplemental report concerning these two defendants. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand the cause for further proceedings.

The facts which give rise to this appeal are as follows: On May 15, 1981, plaintiff filed a medical malpractice action against defendants other than Heydemann and Lussky. In…