In re Medical Malpractice Cases Pending in the Law Division

THIRD DIVISION

FILED: 03/12/03

No. 1-02-1922

IN RE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES PENDING )

IN THE LAW DIVISION: ))

(JOSEPH SZFRANSKI, ) Appeal from the) Circuit Court of

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Cook County)

v. ))

ABDOL AZARAN, M.D., VIVEK SACHDEV, M.D., )

PRIMARY CARE PARTNERS and INGALLS )

MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ) Honorable) Martin S. Agran,

Defendants-Appellees). ) Judge Presiding.

This is a permissive interlocutory appeal brought pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 308 (155 Ill. 2d R.308). Central to our resolution of each of the five questions certified by the trial court is the interpretation of subsections (d)…