Walters v. Marion Memorial Hospital

PRESIDING JUSTICE RARICK

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Virginia Walters, substituted as special administrator of the estate of Virginia King, now deceased, appeals from the entry of summary judgment granted by the circuit court of Williamson County dismissing her medical malpractice action against defendant, Marion Memorial Hospital (hospital), on the basis that the cause was barred by the statute of limitations as set forth in section 13 — 212 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 13 — 212). We affirm.

On May 29, 1987, King, then age 71, was…