Estate of Jackson v. Smith

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from orders barring plaintiff from presenting an expert witness at trial, denying her motion for a voluntary dismissal and granting defendants’ motions for summary judgment.

On December 7, 1982, plaintiff, Doris Jackson, individually and as special administrator of the estate of Robert M. Jackson, filed a medical malpractice action against defendants Mercy Hospital and Medical Center (Mercy) and Dr. Leonard Smith. Her three-count complaint, in which she sought damages for the wrongful death and the loss of the…