LAUGHLIN v. EVANSTON HOSPITAL

No. 66431.

133 Ill.2d 374 (1990)

550 N.E.2d 986

WALTER LAUGHLIN et al., Appellees and Cross-Appellants, v. EVANSTON HOSPITAL et al., Appellants and Cross-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed January 24, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Cusack, Peter J. Meyer and Mary Beth Cyze, of Gardner, Carton & Douglas; Richard William Austin and Kevin J. Egan, of Winston & Strawn; Jack R. Bierig, David F. Graham, James C. Dechene and David B. Johnson, of Sidley & Austin; Gary Senner, Jeffrey P. Lennard and Steven M. Levy, of Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal; Kenneth B. Drost and Michael R. Callahan, of Katten, Muchin & Zavis; and Michael A. Haber, all of Chicago, for appellants and cross-appellees.

Robert F. Coleman, Kenneth Philip Ross and Eugene J. Schiltz, of Robert F. Coleman & Associates, and Eugene I. Pavalon, Michael C. Greenfield and Steven Feinberg, of Asher, Pavalon, Gittler & Greenfield, Ltd., all of Chicago, for appellees and cross-appellants.

Mark Damian Deaton, Daniel J. Mulvanny and John T. Bomber, of Naperville, for amici curiae Illinois Hospital Association et al.


Appellate court judgment reversed in part and affirmed in part; circuit court judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The trustees of Masonry Institute, Welfare Fund of Bricklayers Local 21 and the trustees of Chicago Truck Drivers, Helpers and Warehouse Workers Union Health and Welfare Fund (the trustees), on their own behalf and on behalf of a class of similarly situated third-party payors who indemnify or insure patients for...

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