READEL v. TOWNE

No. 2-98-0107.

706 N.E.2d 99 (1999)

Mary READEL, Indiv. and as Independent Ex'r of the Estate of Donna Lorke, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W.S. TOWNE et al., Defendants-Appellants (OSF Healthcare System, d/b/a St. Anthony Hospital, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District.

February 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David P. Faulkner, Diane I. Jennings, Charles A. Egner, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Rockford, for Rockford Anesthesiologists Associated, W.S. Towne.

John W. Fisk, Kenneth C. Chessick, Law Office of Kenneth C. Chessick, M.D., Schaumburg, for Mary Readel.

D. Kendall Griffith, Bruce L. Carmen, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, Jeffry S. Spears, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Rockford, Gregory T. Snyder, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Chicago, for OSF Healthcare System.


Justice THOMAS delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Mary Readel, filed this medical malpractice action against the defendants, William S. Towne, M.D.; Rockford Anesthesiologists Associated (Rockford); and OSF Healthcare System, d/b/a St. Anthony Hospital (the Hospital), asserting claims pursuant to the Wrongful Death Act (740 ILCS 180/0.01 et seq. (West 1996)) and the Survival Act (755 ILCS 5/27-6 (West 1996)) in connection with the injury and...

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