FOURTH DIVISION September 28, 2007 No. 1-06-2709 MICHAEL APPLEBAUM, Special Administrator of the Estate of Joseph Applebaum, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER; RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, d/b/a University Rheumatologists; RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, d/b/a Rush Medical College; LAWRENCE LAYFER; OSAMA IBRAHIM; and M.D.; and OSAMA IBRAHIM; RUSH NORTH, MEDICAL CENTER, Defendants-Appellants. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. No. 05 L 62044 Honorable Mary K. Rochford, Judge Presiding.