Kindernay v. Hillsboro Area Hospital

PRESIDING JUSTICE SPOMER

delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Hillsboro Area Hospital, appeals the order of the circuit court of Montgomery County that entered a judgment on a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff, Linda S. Kindernay, for damages in the amount of $120,000 on her cause of action for negligence and awarded the plaintiff damages in the amount of $70 and attorney fees in the amount of $70 on her cause of action under the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Consumer Fraud Act) (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 2004)). The plaintiff cross-appeals…