McMichael v. Michael Reese Health Plan Foundation

PRESIDING JUSTICE MURRAY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Michael Reese Health Plan Foundation (MRHP), was named as a party defendant in a medical negligence action brought by plaintiff, Beatrice McMichael (McMichael), as administrator of the estate of Brittany McMichael, deceased. MRHP moved to dismiss the complaint against it on the grounds that it was immune from liability in medical negligence actions pursuant to section 26 of the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act (hereafter VHSPA or the Act) (see Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 32, par. 620). MRHP contended that the 1988…