Brown v. Decatur Memorial Hospital

The plaintiff, Lawrence A. Brown, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Macon County alleging that he sustained injuries as a result of the negligence of the defendant, Decatur Memorial Hospital, while he was a patient in that institution. The dismissal of two counts of that complaint was affirmed in an earlier appeal (51 Ill. App. 3d 1051). Following a subsequent trial upon an amended complaint, the jury returned a verdict in favor of defendant and plaintiff appealed. The appellate court affirmed (74 Ill. App. 3d 436), and we subsequently granted leave to appeal. We affirm.

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