Pekin Memorial Hospital v. Township of Pekin

This appeal brought by the defendant, Township of Pekin, challenges the propriety of an order by the circuit court of Tazewell County granting a motion for summary judgment filed by the plaintiff, Pekin Memorial Hospital. The record before us reveals that the dispute between these parties centers about the extent of the defendant’s financial aid obligation under the local-aid-to-the-medically-indigent act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 23, par. 7 — 1 et seq.).

According to the facts set forth in the record on appeal, the plaintiff hospital offered in-patient medical care to three persons who were…