Lilly v. County of Cook

Defendant, County of Cook, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County, vacating, pursuant to plaintiff’s section 72 motion, a final order dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint as to this defendant. Plaintiff also appeals, requesting that the circuit court’s order dismissing the Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County as a party defendant be reversed. We reverse both orders.

This action was brought to recover injuries sustained by plaintiff while she was a patient at Cook County Hospital in 1969, and the appeal concerns the powers and duties given to the…