O'CONNELL v. St. Francis Hospital

Plaintiff, Thomas O’Connell, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County alleging medical malpractice against defendants, St. Francis Hospital of Blue Island, Adhok Dholakia, M.D., and James Elmes, M.D. All defendants moved to dismiss the complaint with prejudice pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 103(b) (87 Ill. 2d R 103(b)), citing plaintiff’s lack of diligence in serving process. Plaintiff then moved for voluntary dismissal of the complaint pursuant to section 2 — 1009 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2—1009). The circuit court granted plaintiff’s…