Clymore v. Hayden

In April 1993, plaintiff, Anna Clymore, sued defendants, Leonard Hayden, M.D. (Hayden), and Blessing Hospital (Blessing), for medical malpractice. In July 1995, the trial court granted defendants’ motions for sanctions by dismissing the complaint with prejudice pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 219 (134 Ill. 2d R. 219).

Plaintiff appeals, arguing that the trial court erred by imposing the sanction of dismissal.

We affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

In order to understand the context of this case when the trial court conducted the July 1995 hearing on defendants’ motion for sanctions, a recitation of significant…