Smith v. Chicago Transit Authority

We are asked to decide whether a plaintiff, having timely filed an action which is subsequently dismissed for want of prosecution, may refile the action again after both the original action and the first refiled action have been dismissed and still be entitled to have the Statute of Limitations tolled by section 24 of the Limitations Act. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 83, par. 24a.

Section 24 of the Limitations Act provides in pertinent part as follows:

“In the actions specified in this Act or any other act or contract where time for commencing an action is limited, * * ° or the action is dismissed…