GALVAN v. NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSP.

Nos. 1-05-3620, 1-05-4083.

888 N.E.2d 529 (2008)

Antonio GALVAN, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

April 14, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George F. Galland, Jr., Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C., David S. Rosenbloom, McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Marvin A. Miller, Dom J. Rizzi, Lori A. Fanning, Miller, Faucher and Cafferty, LLP, Dominic Fichera, Fichera & Miller, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kathleen T. Pankau, Thaddeus J. Nodzenski, Illinois Hospital Association, Naperville, IL, Amicus Curiae Brief of the Illinois Hospital Association.

Craig Becker, Service Employees International Union, Chicago, IL, Amicus Curiae Brief of the Service Employees International Union.


Justice GARCIA delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Antonio Galvan, brought a class action lawsuit against the defendant, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and other similarly situated not-for-profit hospitals in Illinois to challenge their practices of charging uninsured patients more for services than they charged insured patients. Following a motion by the defendant, the trial court dismissed the plaintiff...

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