Crawford v. Belhaven Realty LLC

PRESIDING JUSTICE MASON delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

¶ 1 Juanita Duke, a resident at Belhaven Nursing Home, died on July 2, 2006. The administrator of her estate, plaintiff Darlene Crawford, brought a personal injury suit against defendant Guadalupe Economic Services Corporation (Guadalupe), which owned the nursing home at the time of Duke's death. Guadalupe did not appear, and a default judgment was entered against Guadalupe for $1.5 million.

¶ 2 At the time Crawford filed her complaint on June 30, 2008, Guadalupe no longer owned the nursing home, having defaulted on its…