Where the plaintiff seeks quantum meruit compensation from the estate of a deceased, elderly person against whom they have been convicted of misdemeanor battery, the Elder Abuse and Neglect Act does not bar her recovery as misdemeanor battery is not covered by the definition of “abuse” in the act.The 1st District Appellate Court reversed and remanded a decision from Cook County Circuit Judge Mary Ellen Coghlan.Alice Lewy met Lisa Dudley in a McDonald’s restaurant in Skokie in 1991. Dudley, then in her 30s …