People Ex Rel. Hartigan v. Agri-Chain Products, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE RAKOWSKI

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from an order of the circuit court dismissing plaintiffs’ cause of action as barred by the statute of limitations. The issue on appeal is whether plaintiffs’ complaint was a private cause of action and thus barred by section 13 — 202 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 110, par. 13—202). We affirm.

Defendant-appellee Agri-Chain Products, Inc. (Agri-Chain or defendant), was an Dlinois corporation which ceased operation and terminated its employees in December 1985, and dissolved in March 1987.…