CORLEY v. ROSEWOOD CARE CENTER, INC. OF PEORIA

Nos. 96-2464, 96-3758, 97-1815 and 97-2052.

142 F.3d 1041 (1998)

Robert N. CORLEY and Vera M. Corley, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ROSEWOOD CARE CENTER, INC. OF PEORIA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 29, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Steagall, John P. Nicoara, Nicoara & Steagall, Peoria, IL, Sherman L. Cohn (argued), Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, for Robert and Vera Corley.

Steven M. Hamburg (argued), Stephen L. Ukman, Summers, Compton, Wells, & Hamburg, P.C., St. Louis, MO, for Rosewood Care Center, Inc. of Peoria, Rosewood Care Center Holding Company, Peoria Real Estate, Inc., Hovan Enterprises, Inc., HSM Management Services, Inc., HSM Development Corporation, Larry Vander Maten, Individually and as Trustee of the Larry Vander Maten Revocable Trust, and Darrell Hoefling, Individually and as Trustee of the Darrell Hoefling Revocable Trust in Nos. 96-2464, 96-3758, 97-1815, and 97-2052.

Before CUMMINGS, RIPPLE, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.


ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Robert Corley and his mother Vera allege that defendants violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act ("RICO"), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, by engaging in a scheme to defraud the residents of two nursing homes — one in Peoria and the other in East Peoria, Illinois.1 The gravamen of that scheme, according to Corley, was a classic "bait and switch," in which defendants...

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