Webb v. Mount Sinai Hospital & Medical Center of Chicago, Inc.

In this case we consider the propriety of the trial court’s determination that documents withheld from discovery by defendants were not privileged under that part of the Code of Civil Procedure commonly known as the Medical Studies Act (735 ILCS 5/8 — 2101 et seq. (West 2000)) (the Act). In response to plaintiff’s discovery requests, defendants claimed that certain documents were privileged because they were part of an internal peer-review conducted by the risk management committee at Mount Sinai Hospital and Medical Center of Chicago, Inc. (Mt. Sinai). After an in camera review of the…