Kaufmann v. Jersey Community Hospital

919 N.E.2d 1077 (2009)

Kristen KAUFMANN, Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

JERSEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant-Appellee, and

Roger A. Schroeder, M.D., Defendant.

No. 4-080909.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

December 8, 2009.

In July 2008, the trial court dismissed counts IV through X of plaintiff Kristen Kaufmann's first amended complaint because plaintiff failed to comply with the applicable one-year statute of limitations under section 8-101(a) of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Tort Immunity Act) (745 ILCS 10/8-101(a) (West…