Victory Memorial Hospital v. Rice

Plaintiff, Victory Memorial Hospital (Victory), appeals from the order of the circuit court of Lake County denying its motion for a new trial and rehearing based on the order granting defendant’s motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case.

Victory Memorial Hospital brought an action against defendant, Michael Rice, seeking payment for medical and hospital services allegedly rendered to him in connection with a gunshot wound incurred on July 17, 1981. Because of renal failure, defendant was transferred from St. Therese Hospital, where he was originally taken, to Victory…