Darrough v. Glendale Heights Community Hospital

Plaintiff, Michael P. Darrough, appeals the circuit court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of defendant, Glendale Heights Community Hospital, on plaintiff’s negligence claim. Plaintiff asserts that the circuit court incorrectly concluded that plaintiff had failed to establish a prima facie claim of negligence as a result of the alleged malfunction of the leg rest of defendant’s wheelchair and, therefore, entered summary judgment in favor of defendant as a matter of law. We reverse and remand.

On September 14, 1986, plaintiff injured his knee during a softball game and was taken to…