Murphy v. Aton

PRESIDING JUSTICE MAAG

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Dorothy Murphy, appeals from a Madison County circuit court order dismissing Alton Memorial Hospital, Dr. Gary Lewis, and Dr. John Hoelscher as respondents in discovery/ defendants (respondents) in plaintiffs lawsuit.

According to plaintiff’s pleadings, Barbara Waltrip died on October 7, 1991, as a result of septicemia from an untreated E. coll infection. She was survived by two minor children, Crystal and Kevin, her mother, Dorothy Murphy, her brother, Richard Murphy, and her sister, Norma Arras.

Plaintiff filed this action on…