Taxman v. Health & Hospital Governing Commission

Carol Taxman, administrator of the estate of Diedra M. DeShazer, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County denying her section 72 petition (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, par. 72), which sought to vacate the trial court’s dismissal of her appeal. Plaintiff had brought an action against defendants for medical malpractice in the care and treatment of Diedra, an infant, who allegedly died as a result of said malpractice. The trial court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint. Plaintiff filed an appeal, and the trial court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the…