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· 1/13/1983

Real v. Kim

Citations

  • 445 N.E.2d 783
  • 112 Ill. App. 3d 427
  • 68 Ill. Dec. 139
  • 1983 Ill. App. LEXIS 1456

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  • holding that, as a matter of law, a 10-month period of time was sufficient to file suit
  • fraudulent concealment claim rejected where decedent was alerted to the possibility of alleged malpractice ten months before the running of the period of limitations
  • an action under Act could not be maintained where, on date of his death, patient would have been barred from bringing action on acts which reportedly caused his death
  • fraudulent concealment claim rejected where decedent was alerted to the possibility of alleged malpractice ten months before the running of the period of limitations
  • once decedent was diagnosed with brain cancer, he was put on inquiry that the defendant health care providers might have misdiagnosed him three years earlier, and as a result “he then had the burden of investigating whether he had a cause of action for medical malpractice”
  • once decedent was diagnosed with brain cancer, he was put on inquiry that the defendant health care providers might have misdiagnosed him three years earlier, and as a result “he then had the burden of investigating whether he had a cause of action for medical malpractice”

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Judges: Lorenz

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