GATICA v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC AID

No. 80-1246.

98 Ill. App.3d 101 (1981)

423 N.E.2d 1292

VINCENTE GATICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC AID, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed June 30, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Righeimer, Righeimer & Martin, P.C., of Chicago (David A. Martin and Leo N. Cinquino, of counsel), for appellant.

Tyrone C. Fahner, Attorney General, of Chicago (Sandra L. Andina and James C. O'Connel, Special Assistant Attorneys General, of counsel), for appellee.

Harry L. Kinser, Kenneth C. Robbins, and Jeffrey W. Maysent, all of Chicago (McLaughlin, Kinser & Bryant, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Hospital Association.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Vincente Gatica was admitted as a patient to the Illinois Masonic Medical Center (hereinafter IMMC) on February 10, 1979. He thereafter applied for medical aid from the Illinois Department of Public Aid (hereinafter IDPA) under article V of the Illinois Public Aid Code (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1979, ch. 23, par. 5-1 et seq.) (hereinafter Public Aid Code). At the time, he...

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