GARCIA v. SENECA NURSING HOME

No. 1-10-3085.

956 N.E.2d 1005 (2011)

353 Ill. Dec. 877

Philemon GARCIA, Special Administrator of the Estate of Roberto A. Garcia, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SENECA NURSING HOME, d/b/a Lee Manor, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

August 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven M. Levin , Patricia L. Gifford , Jason E. Hammond , Levin & Perconti, Stephen A. Gorman , Chicago, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Omar J. Fayez , Hugh C. Griffin , Krista D. Luzio , Hall, Pringle & Schoonveld, LLC, Chicago, for Defendant-Appellee.


OPINION

Justice CONNORS delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Roberto Garcia died after he ejected himself from a fifth-floor window while he was in the care of defendant Seneca Nursing Home for various physical and mental illnesses. Plaintiff Philemon Garcia, Roberto's son and the administrator of his estate, brought the instant wrongful death and survival action against defendant. Following a jury trial, the jury returned a general...

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