Hernandez v. Lifeline Ambulance, LLC

Illinois Supreme Court
Civil Court
Negligence
Citation
Case Number: 
2020 IL 124610
Decision Date: 
Thursday, June 18, 2020
District: 
1st Dist.
Division/County: 
Cook Co.
Holding: 
Appellate court affirmed; circuit court reversed.
Justice: 
M. BURKE

Section 3.150 of the Emergency Medical Services Systems Act does not provide immunity from liability, to an ambulance owner and its driver, stemming from a motor-vehicle accident caused by the negligent operation of the ambulance while en route to pick up a patient for nonemergency transportation. (KILBRIDE, KARMEIER, and THEIS, concurring; NEVILLE, M. BURKE and GARMAN, dissenting).