Crull v. Sriratana

              NO. 4-06-0952 Filed 10/11/07
IN THE APPELLATE COURT
OF ILLINOIS
FOURTH DISTRICT
DAN CRULL, Special Administrator of
the Estate of NOVALENE CRULL,
Deceased,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
PRAMERN SRIRATANA, M.D.; MID-ILLINOIS
HEMATOLOGY & ONCOLOGY ASSOCIATES,
LTD., an Illinois Corporation; KENNETH
N. JORDAN, D.O.; and MADISON STREET
CLINIC, P.C., an Illinois Professional
CORPORATION,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from
Circuit Court of
Livingston County
No. 04L36
Honorable
Harold J. Frobish,
Judge Presiding.
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PRESIDING JUSTICE STEIGMANN delivered the opinion of
the court:
In December 2004, plaintiff, Dan Crull, as special
administrator of the estate of Novalene Crull, filed a medical-malpractice
complaint against defendants, Pramern Sriratana,
M.D.; Mid-Illinois Hematology & Oncology Associates, Ltd.;
Kenneth N. Jordan, D.O.; and Madison Street Clinic, P.C.
In October 2006, the trial court dismissed plaintiff's
complaint with prejudice, upon learning that the reviewing
health-care professional's report, which was required by section
2-622 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-622 (West
2004)), had been written by a person not licensed to practice
medicine.
Plaintiff appeals, arguing that the trial court erred
by (1) ordering him to reveal the identity of the author of the
section 2-622 report and (2) dismissing the case with prejudice.