Stasiak v. Illinois Valley Community Hospital

Plaintiff was ordered by the trial court to submit to a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) test pursuant to defendant’s Supreme Court Rule 215 (134 Ill. 2d R. 215) motion. Conflicting medical affidavits were submitted in support of and in opposition to the motion. The safety of the plaintiff undergoing an MRI necessarily under sedation in this case is disputed by the medical experts.

Plaintiff’s attorney and plaintiff’s father (and next friend) refused to submit the plaintiff to the MRI. Based on their failure to comply with the trial court’s order, they were found in contempt of court and fined…