· 2/3/1995
Witt v. Jones & Jones Law Offices, P.C.
Citations
- 646 N.E.2d 23
- 206 Ill. Dec. 891
- 269 Ill. App. 3d 540
How courts have described this case
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- finding that the doctrine of fraudulent concealment does not toll a statute of limitations past the date on which a party obtains actual - 24 - 2021 IL App (2d) 191034-U knowledge of concealed facts
- failing to find a case adopting the rule in Illinois and noting the Illinois Supreme Court’s rejection of the continuing course of treatment doctrine “suggests the court is not ready to adopt a continuous representation rule” for legal malpractice claims
- noting merely that the rule “has not been adopted in Colorado”
- constitutional arguments waived for failure to raise them in trial court and failure to comply with Rule 19; “[f]urther,” the constitutional arguments were “without merit”
- \[i]n Cunningham the doctrine was explained as a tolling of the statute of repose until the end of a doctor- patient relationship\
- same, where plaintiffs knew about their cause of action three to five months before limitations period ended
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Judges: Knecht
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