Reimers v. Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Plaintiff, Peter Reimers, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing with prejudice paragraph 8 of plaintiff’s two-count complaint as being barred by the two-year statute of limitations (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 100, pars. 13 — 202, 13— 213(d).) At issue is whether a derivative cause of action for recovery of medical expenses which has been assigned to the injured child is barred by the statute of limitations if it is not filed within two years of the occurrence. We affirm.

On June 26, 1982, Peter Reimers was seriously injured while a passenger in a Honda Accord…