Croupp v. Garfield Park Sanitarium
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action in case for personal injuries. Appeal from the Superior Court of Cook county; Hon. William H. McStjbely, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baker
The defendant conducted a private sanitarium or hospital for pecuniary profit, and received plaintiff, who was then ill and helpless, as a patient therein at the price of $15 per week. Under such facts and circumstances the defendant owed plaintiff the duty to use reasonable care for his safety and reasonable skill and diligence in nursing and caring for him.
The contention of appellant appears to be that each of the counts of the declaration states two or more distinct breaches of the duty the defendant owed to the plaintiff, under the facts and circumstances stated in each count, each count…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. KelloggSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
- Chicago Union Traction Co. v. BrowdyIllinois Supreme Court · 1903
- West Chicago Street Railroad v. DoughertyIllinois Supreme Court · 1897
- Houren v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1908
- Scanlan v. Chicago Union Traction Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1906
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- Lenahen v. Ancilla Domini SistersAppellate Court of Illinois · 1947