Legal Opinion
Rognant v. Palacios
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided December 31, 1991No. 1-90-3376PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hartman
Plaintiff appeals the circuit court order which terminated her personal injury action against defendant. She raises as issues whether (1) a recently decided case was properly applied, and (2) defendant waived the statute of limitations defense.
On September 10, 1986, plaintiff, Jeanne Rognant, was injured while riding a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) bus driven by defendant, Carlos Palacios. She filed a complaint against defendant on September 8,1988. CTA was not named as a defendant.
On June 27, 1990, defendant filed a motion for summary judgment, based upon the one-year statute of…
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