Simpson v. Illinois Health Care Services, Inc.

Plaintiff, Lillian Simpson, filed a four-count medical malpractice complaint against defendants Illinois Health Care Services, Inc., individually and doing business as Memorial Hospital; Memorial Hospital; Memorial Hospital for McHenry County; Eugene Lee, M.D.; S. Bobba, M.D.; and Napoleon Abando, M.D. The trial court dismissed the complaint with prejudice for failure to file an affidavit and health professional’s report as required by section 2—622 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1989, ch. 110, par. 2—622). On appeal, plaintiff contends that the court abused its discretion in…