EDGAR COUNTY B. & T. CO. v. PARIS HOSPITAL INC.

No. 11886.

10 Ill. App.3d 465 (1973)

294 N.E.2d 319

EDGAR COUNTY BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, Guardian of the Estate of DOUGLAS HUFFMAN, a Minor, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PARIS HOSPITAL, INC., a/k/a Hospital and Medical Foundation of Paris, Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

March 21, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Norton and Edward J. Kionka, both of Belleville, and Harold M. Jennings, of Markowitz, Lawrence, Lenz & Jennings, of Bloomington, for appellant.

Jack E. Horsley, Richard F. Record, Jr., and Stephen L. Corn, all of Craig & Craig, of Mattoon, and Robert L. Gibson, of Massey, Anderson & Gibson, of Paris, for appellees.


Affirmed in part, reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SIMKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

On October 15, 1964, Douglas Huffman, then 17 months of age, was taken by his parents to the emergency room of the defendant hospital where, by means of a hypodermic syringe, he was administered a shot by Doctor J.H. Acklin, assisted by Nurse Augusta Bostick, both of whom were employees of the hospital. Plaintiff...

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