Kubian v. Alexian Bros. Medical Center

PRESIDING JUSTICE McLAREN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Cecelia Kubian, filed a complaint against the defendants, Alexian Brothers Medical Center (Alexian Center), Hospice Care, Inc. (Hospice Care), and Dr. Herbert Reisel, which included counts for wrongful death and for loss of consortium. The trial court granted the defendants’ section 2 — 615 motion (735 ILCS 5/2 — 615 (West 1992)) to dismiss some of the plaintiff’s counts, including the loss of consortium count, on February 24, 1992. Subsequently, the plaintiff amended her complaint, and the defendants, for the second…