Mueller v. North Suburban Clinic, Ltd.

The trial court dismissed this medical negligence action after finding that the physician’s report filed in support of the plaintiffs complaint failed to comply with the requirements of section 2 — 622 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 622 (West 1994)). Thereafter, the plaintiffs motion for reconsideration and for leave to file an amended section 2 — 622 report was denied, and this appeal followed. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand this action for further proceedings.

On March 1, 1995, the plaintiff, Denise Mueller, filed the…