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The defendant, Edward Hospital<\/a>, claimed that certain of its internal documents were confidential and that the Circuit Court of DuPage County, Ill., should not have ordered it to produce them during the discovery in a lawsuit for a medical malpractice and wrongful death. Edward Hospital insisted that the Medical Studies Act<\/a> (735 ILCS 5\/8-2101 et seq. (West 2014)) protects those documents from disclosure. The Illinois Appellate Court affirmed, holding that the trial judge was correct in that all documents at issue must be produced. <\/p>\n

On Oct. 13, 2013, the plaintiff Abigail Kiersten Grosshuesch was admitted to Edward Hospital 30 weeks pregnant. Her baby, Isabella Kitsen Zormelo, was born the same day. Baby Isabella suffered from numerous medical issues, including necrotizing enterocolitis<\/a>. Unfortunately, Baby Isabella died on Nov. 1, 2013. <\/p>\n

In December 2013, Grosshuesch contacted Edward Hospital\u2019s patient advocate and expressed concern about the care and treatment rendered to her and Isabella. Pursuant to Edward Hospital\u2019s medical staff quality committee (MSQC) charter and its peer review policy (both enacted in 2008), the plaintiff\u2019s concern in conjunction with Isabella\u2019s death constituted \u201creview indicators\u201d resulting in a referral to the MSQC.
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The defendant, Edward Hospital, claimed that certain of its internal documents were confidential and that the Circuit Court of DuPage County, Ill., should not have ordered it to produce them during the discovery in a lawsuit for a medical malpractice and wrongful death. 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