McDaniel v. La Salle Ambulance Service, Inc.

Plaintiff brought a negligence action against La Salle Ambulance Service, Inc., later amending her complaint to add another negligence count (count II) against Dr. Mitchell Sheinkop, her treating physician. Dr. Sheinkop moved to dismiss count II because the action was barred by the statute of limitations. The court granted Sheinkop’s motion and dismissed count II. Plaintiff appeals.

The sole issue raised on appeal is whether count II sufficiently alleged fraudulent concealment within the meaning of section 22 of the Limitations Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 83, par. 23) to toll the statute of…