Legal Opinion
Dewitt v. McHenry County
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided January 13, 1998No. 2-97-0044PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rathje
Plaintiff, Ken Dewitt, appeals the judgment of the circuit court of McHenry County dismissing his complaint against defendant, McHenry County, for breach of an employment contract. Plaintiff contends that the court erred in holding that his cause of action was barred by the one-year statute of limitations in the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (the Act) (745 ILCS 10/1 — 101 et sea. (West 1994)).
Plaintiff’s complaint alleges that defendant hired him as a data processing manager in February 1989. By December 8, 1993, he held the position of senior systems…
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