Dollieslager v. Hurst

NO. 3--97--0591

IN THE

APPELLATE COURT OF ILLINOIS

THIRD DISTRICT

A.D., 1998

KIMBERLY A. DOLLIESLAGER ) Appeal from the Circuit Court) of the 14th Judicial Circuit,

Plaintiff-Appellant, ) Rock Island County, Illinois)

v. ) No. 96--MR--212)

MICHAEL H.W. HURST, D.C. ) Honorable) Ronald C. Taber

Defendant-Appellee. ) Judge, Presiding

Does the Physicians Lien Act (Act) (770 ILCS 80/0.01 et seq. (West 1996) require that a physician be able to demonstrate a causal connection between an underlying event and the services he rendered before his lien can attach to funds related to a patient's tort action? We…