Torley v. Foster G. McGaw Hospital

Plaintiffs, Gerard and Pat Torley, filed a medical malpractice complaint in which Foster G. McGaw Hospital (McGaw) was named as a party defendant and certain physicians, nurses and technicians were designated respondents in discovery (respondents) pursuant to section 21.1 of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 110, par. 21.1), now section 2—402 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 2—402). Plaintiffs subsequently attempted to make two such respondent physicians parties defendant in amended pleadings. Thereafter, the circuit court denied their…