WOOD RIVER TP. v. WOOD RIVER TP. HOSP.

No. 5-01-0193.

772 N.E.2d 308 (2002)

331 Ill. App.3d 599

265 Ill.Dec. 270

WOOD RIVER TOWNSHIP and Gregory G. Kuehnel, Nancy A. Harris, Vincent B. Milazzo, Sr., Bill Stewart, and Tom McRae, Individually and on Behalf of All Real Property Owners and Taxpayers in Wood River Township, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WOOD RIVER TOWNSHIP HOSPITAL and Bradford L. Pulaski, Margaret K. Edel, Max Emery, Gary D. Kessler, Kenneth Miller, Peggy L. Rucker, Individually and as Members of the Board of Directors of Wood River Township Hospital, Nuveen Premier Municipal Income Fund, Inc., Cincinnati Insurance Company, Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, Mark Von Nida, County Clerk of Madison County, and Fred Bathon, County Treasurer and Ex Officio Collector of Madison County, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rod Pitts, Law Offices of Rod Pitts, Wood River; Francis X. Duda, Fortis M. Lawder, Anderson & Gilbert, St. Louis, MO, for Appellants.

Christopher W. Byron, Lori C. Imsland, Law Clerk, Gallop, Johnson & Neuman, L.C.; Donald G. Mueller,; Jr., Bryan Cave LLP, St. Louis, MO, for Wood River Township Hospital, Bradford L. Pulaski, Margaret K. Edel, Max Emery, Gary D. Kessler, Kenneth Miller, Peggy L. Rucker.

John T. Papa, Callis, Papa, Jackstadt & Halloran, Granite City; Dawn M. Canty, Katten Muchin Zavis, Chicago, for Nuveen Premier Municipal Income Fund, Inc.

Steven H. Schwartz, Brown and James, St. Louis, MO; Hope G. Nightingale, Litchield Cavo, Chicago, for Cincinnati Insurance Company.

Donald L. Smith, Hoagland, Fitzgerald, Smith & Pranaitis, Alton, for Mark Von Nida and Fred Bathon—adopted brief of Appellees-Wood River Township Hospital, et al.


Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

Wood River Township (the township) and Gregory G. Kuehnel, Nancy A. Harris, Vincent B. Milazzo, Sr., Bill Stewart, and Tom McRae (individual taxpayers) (collectively referred to as plaintiffs) appeal the trial court's order granting a motion to dismiss and for injunctive relief that had been filed by Wood River Township Hospital (the hospital), Bradford L. Pulaski, Margaret K. Edel, Max Emery, Gary D. Kessler, Kenneth...

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