Feiler v. Covenant Medical Center of Champaign-Urbana

The trial court dismissed plaintiff’s negligence action because it was barred by the statute of limitations. Plaintiff appeals, arguing (1) the sale of Burnham City Hospital (Burnham) from the City of Champaign (City) to a non-public entity, Covenant Medical Center of Champaign-Urbana (Covenant), waived defendants’ right to rely on the one-year statute of limitations, and (2) defendants should be estopped from relying on the one-year statute because Burnham held itself out as a private hospital. We affirm.

On November 30, 1990, plaintiff filed a complaint against Covenant, a not-for-profit…