Legal Opinion

Fountas v. Breed

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided September 29, 1983No. 82-2243PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PRESIDING JUSTICE ROMITI

delivered the opinion of the court:

Deceased, before his death, filed a malpractice action against several parties, including defendants-appellees, J. Ernest Breed and Breed Radium Institute. His wife was joined as a party plaintiff. Immediately after his death the malpractice complaint was voluntarily dismissed without prejudice. Later it was reinstated on defendants-appellees’ motion. Several months later it was dismissed with prejudice for failure to serve summons on defendants within a reasonable time. A few months thereafter the administrator filed the present…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Baird & Warner, Inc. v. Addison Industrial Park, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  2. Murphy v. Martin Oil Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1974
  3. Ohnesorge v. Chicago City Railway Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Real v. KimAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983
  5. Mitchell v. United Asbestos Corp.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1981

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. LaSalle National Bank of Chicago v. County of DuPageCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  2. Benton v. SmithAppellate Court of Illinois · 1987
  3. Leroy Kirk and Donald Stuart v. Board of Education of Bremen Community High School District, No. 228, Cook County, IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  4. Simmons First National Bank v. AbbottSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1986
  5. Case Prestressing Corp v. Chicago College of Osteopathic MedicineAppellate Court of Illinois · 1983

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