Legal Opinion
Portwood v. Ford Motor Co.
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 1, 1998No. 84488PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Heiple
Gwendolyn Portwood and 51 other plaintiffs appeal the following holdings of the circuit and appellate courts: (1) the filing in federal court of a complaint seeking certification of a class action does not toll, or suspend, the Illinois statute of limitations during the pendency of that complaint; and (2) plaintiffs whose breach of warranty claims are dismissed by a federal court for lack of jurisdiction have six months to refile those claims in Illinois state court. We affirm both holdings.
BACKGROUND
On August 21, 1981, a group of plaintiffs filed a complaint in United States District Court…
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