Justice LINN delivered the opinion of the court:
Plaintiffs, John and Eunice Hopkins, brought a medical malpractice action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendants, Illinois Masonic Medical Center; Sid Shafer, M.D.; William Meltzer, M.D.; Michael Lewis, M.D.; and Ira Kornblatt, M.D. The trial court dismissed Illinois Masonic from the action.
Approximately three years later, plaintiffs petitioned the trial court to vacate the dismissal of Illinois...
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