Collins v. Lake Forest Hospital

Docket No. 97375–Agenda 28–September 2004.

ANDREA COLLINS, Indiv. and as Special Adm’r of the Estate of Joseph J. Collins, Jr., Deceased, et al. , Appellees, v. LAKE FOREST HOSPITAL et al . (Lake Forest Hospital, Appellant).

Opinion filed December 2, 2004.

The limited issue on appeal before this court is whether the defendant Lake Forest Hospital (hospital) had a duty to inquire into the availability of a surrogate decisionmaker and implement the surrogate’s treatment decisions under the Health Care Surrogate Act (Act) (755 ILCS 40/1 et seq. (West 2000)). The circuit court of Lake County…