Bovara v. St. Francis Hospital

PRESIDING JUSTICE CERDA

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Cheryl Haxby Bovara, individually and as administrator of the estate of Albert Bovara, deceased; Jennifer Bovara; Jamie Bovara; and Jonathan Bovara, appeal from the entry of summary judgment by the circuit court of Cook County in favor of defendants Roy C. Bliley, M.D., and Joseph W Edgett, M.D.

At issue is whether a physician-patient relationship was formed between Drs. Bliley and Edgett and the plaintiffs’ decedent and/or whether these two defendants owed a duty of care to Albert Bovara. On request of defendant Luke R.…