Tosado v. Miller

Docket No. 84712–Agenda 26–September 1998.

LINNETTE CONCEPCION TOSADO, Appellant, v. A. MILLER et al ., Appellees.–GAIL PHIPPS, Appellant, v. LINCOLN

MEDICAL CENTER, LTD., et al ., Appellees.

Opinion filed October 21, 1999.

Plaintiffs brought separate actions in the circuit court of Cook County seeking to recover damages against defendants for alleged medical malpractice. Defendants were local public entities or their employees. In each case, defendants filed motions to dismiss. In the motions, defendants alleged that the one-year limitation period found in section 8–101 of the Local Governmental…