Antunes v. Sookhakitch

Third-party defendants, Dr. Wilfredo Granada (Granada) and Dr. Frank Sun (Sun), appeal from the appellate court’s decision which reversed the trial court’s dismissal of the third-party complaints. (181 Ill. App. 3d 621.) The trial court dismissed the third-party complaints based on the statute of repose contained in section 13—212(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure (the medical malpractice statute of repose) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1987, ch. 110, par. 13—212(a)). We allowed Granada and Sun’s petition for leave to appeal. (134 Ill. 2d R. 315.) In their appeal to this court, Granada and Sun have filed…