BERLAK v. VILLA SCALABRINI HOME FOR THE AGED, INC.

No. 1-94-2058.

671 N.E.2d 768 (1996)

284 Ill. App.3d 231

219 Ill.Dec. 601

Lillian Burnell BERLAK, as Executrix of the Estate of Pauline Haas, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. VILLA SCALABRINI HOME FOR THE AGED, INC., a Not for Profit Corporation, Father Lawrence Cozzi, Margaret Becker, and Catholic Bishop of Chicago, a Corporation Sole, Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

Rehearing Denied October 30, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Yelton III, Michael G. Patrizio, Dowd & Dowd, Ltd., Chicago, for Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Sweeney and Riman, Ltd., Chicago (Michele J. Braun-Pritzker, Eric Brodie, of counsel), for Plaintiff-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


Justice GORDON delivered the opinion of the court:

Lillian Burnell Berlak, on behalf of her deceased mother, Pauline Haas, brought the instant action alleging negligence and violation of the Nursing Home Care Reform Act of 1979 (the Nursing Home Care Reform Act) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1985, ch. 111½, par. 4151-101 et seq. now at 210 ILCS 45/1-101 et seq. (West 1994)) to recover for the personal injuries sustained by Haas on June 15, 1986 while she was a...

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