White v. Sunrise Healthcare Corp.

This is a permissive interlocutory appeal (155 Ill. 2d R. 308) in a suit brought partly under the Nursing Home Care Act (Act) (210 ILCS 45/1 — 101 et seq. (West 1996)). The question certified for review is whether an amendment to section 3 — 602 of the Act (210 ILCS 45/ 3 — 602 (West 1996) (Act)) applies to a cause of action that accrued before the amendment took effect on July 21, 1995. Formerly, section 3 — 602 (210 ILCS 45/3 — 602 (West 1994)) required a licensee to pay treble damages plus costs and attorney fees to a facility resident for the violation of the resident’s rights under…