HARRIS v. MANOR HEALTHCARE CORP.

No. 61705.

111 Ill.2d 350 (1986)

489 N.E.2d 1374

ALMA K. HARRIS, Appellant, v. MANOR HEALTHCARE CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed February 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Phipps, of John T. Phipps Law Offices, P.C., of Champaign, for appellant.

Robert P. Moore and Richard R. Harden, of Champaign, for appellee Manor Healthcare Corporation.

John E. Guy, of Chicago (Patrick E. Maloney, Robert S. Soderstrom, Shaun McParland and Sara E. Cook, of McKenna, Storer, Rowe, White & Farrug, of counsel), for amicus curiae Illinois Defense Counsel.

George M. Elsener and Carol W. Bertoux, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Alma K. Harris, brought this action against Manor Healthcare Corporation (defendant) for injuries she allegedly received while she was a resident at defendant's Urbana, Illinois, nursing home. Reduced to its most essential allegations, her complaint alleged that soon after becoming a resident at defendant's nursing home in June 1983, she developed...

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