Valdovinos v. Luna-Manalac Medical Center, Ltd.

This action commenced on June 6, 1991, and was dismissed voluntarily pursuant to section 2 — 1009 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2—1009 (West 1996)) on September 26, 1997. The trial court’s order dismissing the cause on that date and the proceedings that followed prompted the parties to file some seven notices of appeal and cross-appeal. However, for the reasons that will follow, we lack jurisdiction to consider these consolidated appeals.

The following is a recitation of so much of the procedural history of this case as is necessary to an understanding of our disposition of…