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SIMMONS v. SOUTH SHORE HOSPITAL

Gen. No. 44,852.

340 Ill. App. 153 (1950)

91 N.E.2d 135

Margaret Simmons, Administratrix with Will Annexed of Estate of Martin E. Simmons, Deceased, Appellant, v. South Shore Hospital, Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois.

Released for publication April 3, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

FINN, TOLLKUEHN & SMITH and DELMAR J. HILL, all of Chicago, for appellant. LORD, BISSELL & KADYK, of Chicago, for appellee; GORDON R. CLOSE, LEONARD F. MARTIN, and CHARLES H. WEILAND, all of Chicago, of counsel.

MR. JUSTICE KILEY delivered the opinion of the court.

This is a wrongful death action (Chap. 70, Sec. 1 and 2, Ill. Rev. Stat. 1949 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 38.01, 38.02] based on an injury suffered by a patient in defendant Hospital. The Court directed a verdict for defendant and plaintiff has appealed.

Martin Simmons suffered a heart attack in September of 1941 and was thereafter an invalid in his home. Late in 1941 and early in 1942, he spent about a week...

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