Fetzer v. Wood

Plaintiffs Ellen Fetzer, as administrator of the estate of the deceased, Elva Sloan, and Richard Hall filed the instant medical malpractice action against defendants, Dr. Michael Wood, Dreyer Medical Clinic, and Mercy Center for Healthcare Services on October 13, 1987. Pursuant to a settlement agreement, defendant Mercy Center was later dismissed as a party to the action. On January 16, 1990, plaintiffs filed their first amended complaint against the remaining two defendants pursuant to the Wrongful Death Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 70, pars. 1, 2) and the Survival Act (Ill. Rev. Stat.…