Ashley v. Evangelical Hospitals Corp.

We permitted these consolidated appeals to be taken from the interlocutory orders of the circuit court (134 Ill. 2d R. 308) which denied Dr. Fernando Caburnay’s motion for summary judgment and Dr. David Kintanar’s motion to dismiss a third-party indemnity action filed against both doctors by Woodlawn Hospital (Woodlawn) in connection with an underlying medical malpractice case filed against Woodlawn by plaintiff. With respect to the action brought against Dr. Caburnay, the circuit court certified the following question for our consideration:

“Is the Third-Party Action for Implied Indemnity…