Governale v. Northwest Community Hospital

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal is from the dismissal of plaintiff’s personal injury action, the sole issue on review being the propriety thereof.

A chronological review of the procedural history of the litigation is critical to the disposition of this appeal. On September 13, 1976, plaintiff filed an action — No. 76 L 16712 — against Northwest Community Hospital, Medical Emergency Service Associates, Doctor Philip Kimball Newman and Nehi-Royal Crown Corporation (defendants) for injuries which, he alleges, resulted from the explosion of a soft-drink…