· 2/10/1984
Moore v. Nick's Finer Foods, Inc.
Citations
- 460 N.E.2d 420
- 121 Ill. App. 3d 923
- 77 Ill. Dec. 364
- 1984 Ill. App. LEXIS 1491
How courts have described this case
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- holding that, where plaintiff was a minor at the time of the alleged injury, action could be maintained within two years of plaintiffs reaching majority, notwithstanding that that occurred beyond survival period
- holding that, where plaintiff was a minor at the time of the alleged injury, action could be maintained within two years of plaintiff's reaching majority, notwithstanding that that occurred beyond survival period
- holding a dissolved corporation liable outside the then-two-year dissolution period and noting “that the two-year limitation on corporate survival is not absolute, and may be extended under certain circumstances”
- extending post-dissolution time period for minors to within two years after attainment of majority age
- statutory period tolled by minority of plaintiff where there was a statutory exception for minors; general corporate statute not exclusive
- “the general policy behind the corporate dissolution statute is to set a definite point in time at which the existence of a corporation and the transaction of its business are terminated”
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Judges: O'Connor
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