Hauk v. Day

The plaintiffs, Catherine L. Hauk and Jeffery Hauk, filed a complaint against the defendants, John H. Day and Narenda K. Gupta, alleging medical negligence. Pursuant to the healing art malpractice provision (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 2 — 622), the plaintiffs attached an affidavit to the complaint stating that the statute of limitations was about to run and that the plaintiffs were availing themselves of the additional 90-day extension provided by the statute to have the case reviewed by an appropriate health care professional.

The plaintiffs did not file an affidavit of a health care…