Block v. Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center

This is an appeal from an order of the circuit court of Cook County granting the plaintiff, Molly Block’s motion for a directed verdict regarding the liability of the defendant, Michael Reese Hospital (hereinafter called the Hospital). Said plaintiff fell while she was an in-patient at the Hospital. The fall was the basis of a damage suit for negligence against the Hospital. Plaintiff’s motion was entered and granted at the close of the evidence, during a jury trial.

The issue presented for review is whether the trial court erred in granting plaintiff’s motion for a directed verdict on the…