Isaacs v. Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center

This appeal is a consolidation of two judgments of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing medical malpractice complaints by reason of the statute of limitations. Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 83, par. 22.1.

On May 16,1978, Richard Isaacs filed suit against defendants Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center and Dr. Joseph K. Calvin. Dr. Calvin was dismissed and is not a party to this appeal. The complaint alleges Isaacs received X-ray treatments for inflamed tonsils in 1940. Isaacs was 4 years old at the time. It further alleges that he developed growths on his thyroid gland which were…