Smock v. Hale

PRESIDING JUSTICE KNECHT

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this malpractice action, the defendant succeeded in disqualifying the sole disclosed medical expert for the plaintiff in the pretrial setting. He then filed for summary judgment on the ground the plaintiff had failed to show any present ability to offer competent expert testimony on the applicable standard of medical care. The circuit court thereafter disposed of the action on a motion for summary judgment (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2 — 1005(c)). We now reverse and remand.

In light of the issues raised on appeal, the…