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Title: Edgar County Bk. & T. Co. v. Paris Hospital
Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
Release Date : January 29, 1974
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 74 KB

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Plaintiff, Edgar County National Bank of Paris, guardian of the estate of Douglas Huffman, a minor, appealed from the judgment of the circuit court of Edgar County dismissing its action against the defendants, Paris Hospital, Inc., and Augusta Bostick seeking to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by its ward. The appellate court reversed the judgment as to counts I, II, III and V of plaintiff's third amended complaint, affirmed as to count IV, and remanded the cause to the circuit court for further proceedings. (10 Ill. App.3d 465.) We allowed defendants' petition for leave to appeal, and plaintiff has cross-appealed from that portion of the judgment of the appellate court which affirmed the circuit court's dismissal of count IV. (50 Ill.2d Rules 318(a) and 366.) The facts are stated and the pleadings reviewed in the appellate court opinion and will be restated here only to the extent necessary to this opinion. In counts I, II, III and V plaintiff alleged that the defendant hospital, in the course of administering an intramuscular injection, negligently caused injury to its ward, alleging in counts I and III that at the time of the occurrence it was acting through its duly authorized agent and employee Dr. J.H. Acklin and in counts II and V that it acted by and through its duly authorized agent and employee Mrs. Augusta Bostick. In count IV plaintiff pleaded a res ipsa loquitur theory of liability, which will be discussed in greater detail later in this opinion.