Illinois: medical license necessary for court health report

The plaintiff appealed a trial court's dismisal with prejudice of his malpractice suit. He said that the court erred by ordering him to reveal his health care professional report author's identity. Once identity was disclosed, it was determined that in 1990 the author lost his Illinois license to practice medicine and in 1999 had allowed his New Mexico license to lapse. Fourth District Appellate Court of Illinois affirmed the earlier decision because the health report required under the Code of Civil Procedure was not written by a person licensed to practice medicine.  Read Crull v. Sriratana (Case Number 4060952).