Edwards v. Safer Foundation, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE HARTMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Jackie Edwards appeals from an order dismissing his refiled complaint as barred by section 13 — 202 of the Code of Civil Procedure (111. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 13 — 202). This appeal raises the question of whether a claim dismissed for lack of jurisdiction in the Illinois Court of Claims, and otherwise barred by the applicable statute of limitations, may be refiled in the circuit court pursuant to section 13 — 217 of the Code of Civil Procedure (111. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 13 — 217).

On November 12, 1985,…