Brown v. Michael Reese Health Plan, Inc.

Plaintiff, Althea Brown, filed a complaint against defendants, Michael Reese Health Plan, Inc., and Dr. Paul Ross, seeking recovery for medical malpractice for a failed tubal ligation and for damages for the continuing medical care of Bernard Brown, Jr., the minor plaintiff born prematurely following the failed tubal ligation. Michael Reese Health Plan, Inc., filed a motion to dismiss based upon the Voluntary Health Services Plans Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 32, par. 595, et seq.), which provides an exemption from liability for voluntary health services plan corporations. The trial…