Chen Ying Yang v. Chen

PRESIDING JUSTICE TULLY

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Chen Ying Yang, brought this medical malpractice action pro se in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant, Henry K. Chen, M.D. Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the action pursuant to section 2—619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2—619 (West 1994)), which the circuit court granted on May 21, 1993. Subsequently, plaintiff filed a pro se motion to reconsider the May 21 dismissal order on June 18, 1993. On June 25, 1993, the trial court struck the post-judgment motion and granted plaintiff a 21-day…