RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN-ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER v. HELLENIC REPUBLIC

No. 92-1396.

980 F.2d 449 (1992)

RUSH-PRESBYTERIAN-ST. LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER, Plaintiff-Appellee, and Chicago Regional Organ and Tissue Bank, Frederick K. Merkel, and June D. Bajor, Involuntary-Plaintiffs-Appellees, and South Chicago Community Hospital, Intervening-Plaintiff-Appellee, v. HELLENIC REPUBLIC, Hellenic Republic National Agricultural Insurance Institute, and Social Insurance Institute of Greece, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 23, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 16, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane I. Jennings, Catalina J. Sugayan (argued), Floyd A. Wisner, Sandra K. Macauley, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., for Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center.

William J. Harte, Mary E. Rosen, Erik D. Gruber (argued), Chicago, Ill., for Chicago Regional Organ and Tissue Bank, Frederick K. Merkel, June D. Bajor.

George C. Pontikes (argued), Theodore Rodes, Jr., Pontikes & Associates, Chicago, Ill., for Hellenic Republic, Hellenic Republic Nat. Agricultural Ins. Institute, Social Ins. Institute of Greece.

William J. Harte, Mary E. Rosen, Cynthia Photos Abbott (argued), Peter Petrakis, Katten, Muchin & Zavis, Chicago, Ill., for South Chicago Community Hosp.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 16, 1993.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Two Chicago hospitals brought this suit against the government of Greece and two of its agencies, seeking payment of unpaid bills in excess of $500,000 for hospital services provided in connection with kidney transplants. After we held that the suit was not barred by sovereign immunity, 877 F.2d 574 ...

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