Wolfe v. Westlake Community Hospital

Edith Marion Wolfe (Wolfe), as special administrator of the estate of her husband, George Wolfe, filed a medical malpractice complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against Westlake Community Hospital and Doctors Morelli and Cemiak six months after her husband died from a cancerous condition that might not have been fatal had it been discovered earlier by either Dr. Morelli or Dr. Cerniak in his treatment of Mr. Wolfe. The trial court granted the defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint with prejudice on the grounds that it was barred by the statute of limitations contained in the…