Glavinskas v. William L. Dawson Nursing Center, Inc.

This appeal arises from the circuit court’s grant of plaintiff’s amended petition to vacate pursuant to section 2 — 1401 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 1401 (West 2006)). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

BACKGROUND

A history of the case as set forth in the circuit court’s written order established the following: On October 30, 1999, Derek Thomas was severely injured, rendering him both mentally and physically disabled, when he was a passenger in a William L. Dawson Nursing Center (Dawson Nursing Center) (defendant) vehicle that was being driven with permission…