Winters v. Podzamsky

Marjorie Winters and Don Winters, plaintiffs, appeal from the dismissal with prejudice of their medical malpractice cause of action against St. Mary’s Hospital of Streator, Illinois, for failure to comply with the requirements of section 2 — 622 of the Code of Civil Procedure (111. Rev. Stat. 1991, ch. 110, par. 2 — 622).

Plaintiffs contend (1) that the trial court abused its discretion in dismissing with prejudice their second and third amended complaints against the hospital, (2) that section 2 — 622 does not apply to a cause alleging the inadequacy of a patient’s informed consent, and (3)…