Chicago Trial Attorney: Personal Injury and Business Litigation: Nursing Home Care Act-No Punitive Damages
In a 6-0 decision, late last week March 2011, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled in the case of Thomas Vincent v. Alden-Park Strathmoor, Inc. that punitive damages are not allowed under the Nursing Home Care Act in death cases. This is an unfortunate decision that seems to give nursing homes less incentive to care for…