Childs v. Pinnacle Health Care, LLC

Plaintiff, Jeannie Childs, as independent administrator of the estate of Dorothy Jones, deceased, filed a multiple-count complaint against various entities and individuals, including Pinnacle Health Care, LLC (Pinnacle), and registered nurse Carolyn English. Prior to her death, Jones was a resident at Pinnacle’s nursing home in Waukegan, Illinois, where English was the director of nursing. The trial court dismissed with prejudice counts XXIII, XXIV¡ and XXV of plaintiffs complaint, all of which were directed against English. The court reasoned that plaintiff’s allegations were limited to…