Memorial Medical Center v. Matthews

PRESIDING JUSTICE ALLOY

delivered the opinion of the court:

The final issue to be decided in this case is whether the defendant Melvin Matthews waived his right to object to venue in Sangamon County, by not making a timely motion to transfer venue. At issue is the construction of section 2 — 104(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 110, par. 2 — 104(b)).

The record discloses that Memorial Medical Center filed its complaint against defendant Matthews on December 8, 1982, in Sangamon County. The basis for recovery in the action was plaintiff’s rendering of medical services…