Shapira v. Lutheran General Hospital

This consolidated defendants’ appeal is from the circuit court’s order granting plaintiff’s section 2—1401 (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2—1401) (section 2—1401) petition to vacate the dismissal of his medical malpractice suit with prejudice, claiming that the circuit court abused its discretion in allowing the vacatur.

The alleged malpractice took place on November 7, 1980. On November 8, 1982, plaintiff, Jacob H. Shapira, filed an eight-count negligence and medical malpractice complaint against defendant Lutheran General Hospital (Lutheran General) and defendants Dr. Khushroo Patel,…