Plost v. Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing, without prejudice, a medical malpractice action, brought by Henry Plost (hereinafter called “the plaintiff”) for want of prosecution. The basis of the dismissal was the plaintiff’s failure to proceed to trial after his motion for a continuance, to allow the plaintiff to search for a medical expert, was denied.

The issues presented for review are (1) whether the trial court properly dismissed the plaintiff’s cause of action for want of prosecution, and (2) whether the trial court properly denied the defendants’…