Legal Opinion
Eulah Williams v. John Lampe and Village of Cahokia Police Department
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 1, 2005No. 04-1497PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Per curiam
On September 22, 2000, Eulah Williams filed a complaint in Illinois state court alleging state-law tort claims against the Village of Cahokia, Illinois, and Cahokia Police Officer John Lampe for injuries that Lampe allegedly inflicted on September 25, 1998, almost two years before. The defendants answered an amended version of the complaint, failing to raise any affirmative defenses. Nevertheless, almost two years later they moved to dismiss on the ground that the claims were barred by a one-year statute of limitations. With leave of court, Williams filed another amended complaint based on…
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