Flannery v. Lin

PRESIDING JUSTICE LINDBERG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Good Samaritan Hospital, appeals from an order finding it in civil contempt for failure to comply with a discovery order and fining it $100. Plaintiffs, Barbara and Barry Flannery, brought the underlying personal injury action against defendant hospital, Dr. Steven Lin and Dr. Jeanne Mercer which gave rise to the contempt proceedings. On appeal, defendant hospital contends that, because its code blue evaluation report was privileged under section 8 — 2101 et seq. of the Code of Civil Procedure (the Medical Studies Act)…