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· 4/18/1986

O'CONNELL v. St. Francis Hospital

Citations

  • 492 N.E.2d 1322
  • 112 Ill. 2d 273
  • 97 Ill. Dec. 449
  • 1986 Ill. LEXIS 255

How courts have described this case

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  • finding a lack of due diligence where the plaintiff filed his complaint on the last day before the statute of limitations expired and waited eight months before attempting service of process
  • in which this court held that a trial judge should consider a pending defense motion for dismissal under Rule 103(b) before taking up a plaintiff’s motion for voluntary dismissal
  • “ ‘[W]here a rule of this court on a matter within the court’s authority and a statute on the same subject conflict, the rule will prevail.’ ” (Emphasis in original.

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Judges: Moran, Simon

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