Womick v. Jackson County Nursing Home

Plaintiffs appeal from the orders of the circuit court of Jackson County granting the motions of defendant, Jackson County Nursing Home, to dismiss plaintiffs’ complaints pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 103(b) (107 Ill. 2d R. 103(b)).

Plaintiffs’ decedent, John William Hatley, was a resident of Jackson County Nursing Home on August 6, 1984, when he fell and fractured his leg. Decedent died the next day from cardio-respiratory failure allegedly connected with his fall. On August 4, 1986, two days before the running of the statute of limitations on their cause of action for wrongful death against…