KRISTAN v. BELMONT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL

No. 62160.

51 Ill. App.3d 523 (1977)

366 N.E.2d 1068

MARIE KRISTAN, Adm'r of the Estate of Charles Steven Kristan, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BELMONT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (1st Division).

Opinion filed August 8, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis M. March, of Chicago, for appellant.

Kirkland & Ellis, of Chicago (Gary M. Elden and Joel F. Handler, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE GOLDBERG delivered the opinion of the court:

The problem presented by this record requires most careful examination of section 24 of the Limitations Act. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 83, par. 24a.) The decedent, Charles Steven Kristan, became a patient at the Belmont Community Hospital (defendant) on March 9, 1967. On that same day, he died in the hospital. On March 3, 1969, Marie Kristan (plaintiff) was appointed...

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