Ingle v. Hospital Sisters Health System

On June 8, 1984, plaintiff, Claudia Ingle, filed suit in the circuit court of Sangamon County against defendants, St. John's Hospital, Hospital Sisters Health System, and several of her treating physicians, alleging various counts of medical malpractice. In her complaint, she named Drs. David Binstadt, Michael Snyder, Erwin Janzen, Phillip Williams, and Robert Winders, as respondents-in-discovery under section 2-402 of the Code of Civil Procedure. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 110, par. 2-402.) On December 4, 1984, plaintiff filed a motion for leave to file an amended complaint naming Binstadt, Winders, Janzen, Williams, and Snyder as defendants. On December 5, 1984, the court allowed the motion as to Williams and Winders but denied it as to Binstadt, Janzen, and Snyder. On January 7, 1985, plaintiff filed a motion requesting reconsideration of the December 5, 1984, ruling as it applied to the joinder of Binstadt and Snyder. On August 27, 1985, the trial court entered an order denying the January 7 motion and finding that there was no just reason to delay enforcement or appeal of that order. On September 10, 1985, plaintiff filed a notice of appeal purporting to appeal from the August 27 order denying reconsideration.