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RITTER v. RUSH-PRES.-ST. LUKE'S MED. CTR.

Nos. 88-0187, 88-0845 cons.

177 Ill. App.3d 313 (1988)

532 N.E.2d 327

HELEN RITTER et al., Co-Ex'rs of the Estate of Lois Buttles, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN-ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER, Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed December 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arnstein, Gluck, Lehr & Milligan, of Chicago (Arthur L. Klein, John L. Ropiequet, and C. Vincent Maloney, of counsel), for appellant.

Fitzgerald & Gottlick, of Hinsdale (Joseph E. Fitzgerald, of counsel), for appellees.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE FREEMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Lois Buttles, filed this action in the circuit court of Cook County for personal injuries sustained when she fell off of a transport cart, or gurnee, while a patient at defendant, Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center (Rush). After trial, a jury returned a verdict for Buttles in the amount of $332,998.15. Rush appeals an order finding it in contempt of court for violating...

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