U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Dienna Lash v. Sparta Community Hospital
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Amy Joan St. Eve
- Filed
- June 22, 2022
- Case
- Dienna Lash v. Sparta Community Hospital
- Case status
- Decided
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In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 21-2778 DIENNA M. LASH, as Administrator of the Estate of GLENN LASH, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SPARTA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. No. 18-cv-1466 — Mark A. Beatty, Magistrate Judge. ____________________ ARGUED MAY 16, 2022 — DECIDED JUNE 22, 2022 ____________________ Before EASTERBROOK, BRENNAN, and ST. EVE, Circuit Judges. ST. EVE, Circuit Judge. Glenn Lash, an obese, sixty-year-old man with a remote history of smoking, went to Sparta Community Hospital District (“Sparta hospital”) with complaints of shortness of breath and recent chest discomfort. The doctor diagnosed him with an “anxiety reaction.” Lash died the next evening of a heart attack. His widow, Dienna Lash, sued the hospital for the alleged negligent acts of its 2 No. 21-2778 agents. The district court granted summary judgment for Sparta hospital. We affirm. I. Background Glenn Lash was a sixty-year-old, obese man with a remote history of smoking and high blood pressure. He was traveling from Pennsylvania…
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