HOLSTON v. SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST. FRANCIS

No. 1-88-2618.

618 N.E.2d 334 (1993)

247 Ill. App.3d 985

187 Ill.Dec. 743

Byron J. HOLSTON and Heather L. Hoiston Co-Administrators of the Estate of Theodora Holston, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER OF ST. FRANCIS, as Owners and Operators of St. Anthony Medical Center, Defendants-Appellants.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

Rehearing Denied July 15, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baker & McKenzie, Francis D. Morrissey, Norman J. Barry, Jr. and Thomas W. Cushing, Chicago, for appellants.

Albert F. Hofeld and Howard Schaffner, Chicago, for appellees.


Justice CERDA delivered the opinion of the court:

One of the defendants, The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis ("defendant"), which was the owner and operator of St. Anthony Medical Center, appeals after a jury trial in which plaintiffs, Byron J. Holston and Heather L. Holston, co-administrators of the Estate of Theodora Holston ("decedent"), were awarded $7.3 million in their medical malpractice action. Defendant argues that: (1) the trial court erred in...

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