Legal Opinion
Robert N. Corley and Vera M. Corley v. Rosewood Care Center, Inc. Of Peoria
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 29, 1998No. 96-2464, 96-3758, 97-1815 and 97-2052PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
Robert Corley and his mother Vera allege that defendants violated the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (“RICO”), 18 U.S.C. §§ 1961-1968, by engaging in a scheme to defraud the residents of two nursing homes — one in Peoria and the other in East Peoria, Illinois. 1 The gravamen of that scheme, according to Corley, was a classic “bait and switch,” in which defendants made certain promises to induce Corley to place his mother in defendants’ nursing home and then reneged on those promises. Corley maintains that he and numerous others were…
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