Williams v. Medenica

PRESIDING JUSTICE HOFFMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

The circuit court denied the plaintiff’s motion to join,certain respondents in discovery as defendants and thereafter denied the plaintiff’s motion to reconsider. Proceeding pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 304(a) (134 Ill. 2d R. 304(a)), the plaintiff appeals from both orders.

On February 28, 1994, approximately two weeks prior to the expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, the plaintiff filed the instant medical malpractice action against Dr. Maria Medenica and the University of Chicago Hospitals and Clinics. Pursuant to…