Morgan v. County of Cook

Robert Morgan (plaintiff) brought a medical malpractice action against the County of Cook (Cook County) and Dr. Donald H. Yliengenthart to recover damages for injuries he allegedly sustained as a result of improper medical treatment he received while a patient at Cook County Hospital. At trial, the judge granted plaintiff’s motion to bar defendants from calling Vliengenthart’s supervisor, Dr. Robert Hall, to testify on the grounds that defendants engaged in improper ex parte conferences with a treating physician in violation of Petrillo v. Syntex Laboratories, Inc. (1986), 148 Ill. App. 3d…