Simmons v. South Shore Hospital

This is a wrongful death action (Chap. 70, Sec. 1 and 2, Ill. Bev. Stat. 1949 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 38.01, 38.02] based on an injury suffered by a patient in defendant Hospital. The Court directed a verdict for defendant and plaintiff has appealed.

Martin Simmons suffered a heart attack in September of 1941 and was thereafter an invalid in his home. Late in 1941 and early in 1942, he spent about a week or ten days in the Hospital for various heart tests and a general check-up. Later in 1942 and again in 1944 he was in the Hospital overnight for routine check-ups. On August 1st, 1945, he…