{"id":1036,"date":"2019-05-20T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-20T15:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/?p=1036"},"modified":"2019-05-19T07:10:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-19T12:10:10","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-affirms-summary-judgment-dismissing-nursing-home-that-had-sold-itself-to-another-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-summary-judgment-dismissing-nursing-home-that-had-sold-itself-to-another-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Summary Judgment Dismissing Nursing Home That Had Sold Itself to Another Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Countryside Care Centre was a nursing home in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aurora-il.org\/\">Aurora<\/a>, Ill., a suburb west of Chicago. On Dec. 31, 2011, Countryside Care, LLC transferred the nursing home and the operation of it to <a href=\"https:\/\/symphonypan.com\/countryside-care-centre-is-now-symphony-of-orchard-valley\/\">Symphony Countryside, LLC<\/a>. All employees were terminated with Symphony, which then had sole discretion on rehiring.<\/p>\n<p>The sale agreement stated that \u201c[n]othing contained herein shall be construed as forming a joint venture or partnership between the parties hereto.\u201d Symphony was authorized and licensed to run the nursing home starting in January 2012.<\/p>\n<p>On April 16, 2014, Lillie Michelet was admitted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.presencehealth.org\/presence-mercy-medical-center-aurora\">Presence Mercy Medical Center<\/a> with shortness of breath and chest pains. She was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/nursing-home-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-summary-judgment-dismissing-nursing-home-that-had-sold-itself-to-another-company\/#more-1036\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Countryside Care Centre was a nursing home in Aurora, Ill., a suburb west of Chicago. On Dec. 31, 2011, Countryside Care, LLC transferred the nursing home and the operation of it to Symphony Countryside, LLC. All employees were terminated with Symphony, which then had sole discretion on rehiring. 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