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LENO v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL

No. 45362.

55 Ill.2d 114 (1973)

302 N.E.2d 58

SAM LENO et al., Appellees, v. ST. JOSEPH HOSPITAL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 25, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

BAKER & McKENZIE, of Chicago (MICHEL A. COCCIA, FRANCIS D. MORRISSEY, JOHN W. DONDANVILLE, and HARRY L. KINSER, of counsel), for appellant.

HORWITZ, ANESI, OZMON & ASSOCIATES, LTD., of Chicago (NAT P. OZMON and TIMOTHY MICHAEL O'BRIEN, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgment reversed.

MR. JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, St. Joseph Hospital, appeals directly to this court (Rule 302(a)) from the judgment of the circuit court of Cook County which held unconstitutional "An Act in relation to autopsy of dead bodies" (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 91, pars. 18.11 through 18.15) and awarded damages to plaintiff Sam Leno in the amount of $1,000.

Plaintiffs Sam Leno and Ralph Leno filed this...

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