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Christmas v. Dr. Donald W. Hugar, Ltd.

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided April 5, 2011No. 1-10-1743PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Connors

Justice Karnezis concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Justice Harris dissented, with opinion.

OPINION

Plaintiff Tykeesha Christmas appeals from the dismissal with prejudice of her medical malpractice complaint pursuant to section 2 — 619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2—619 (West 2008)) on the ground that the physician who authored a report in support of her complaint as required by section 2 — 622 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2—622 (West 1998)) was not properly licensed. We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

As relevant to this appeal, the facts of this case are straightforward. In…

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