Cannon v. Bryant

Plaintiff, A.C. Cannon, appeals from the entry of summary judgment in favor of defendants, Rose Marie Bryant and Antoine T. Edgar, in an action for damages for injuries sustained when plaintiff, defendants’ tenant, allegedly fell on the stairway of an apartment building owned by defendants. The trial court held that, pursuant to section 2 — 616 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 2—616), plaintiff’s amended complaint, which corrected the street name of the apartment building’s address and was filed after the relevant statute of limitations period had expired,…