Niehaus v. Rural Peoria County Council on Aging, Inc.

The plaintiff-appellant, Bertha Lucille Niehaus, appeals the Peoria County circuit court’s grant of defendant Rural Peoria County Council on Aging’s (RPCCA) motion to dismiss her negligence action because it was filed beyond the limitation of actions period provided in the Illinois Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Tort Immunity Act or Act) (745 ILCS 10/8 — 101 (West 1996)). The question this court must answer is: Did the circuit court err when it determined that the RPCCA, a not-for-profit organization organized for charitable purposes, is entitled to the…