· 5/30/1990
Womick v. Jackson County Nursing Home
Citations
- 561 N.E.2d 25
- 137 Ill. 2d 371
- 148 Ill. Dec. 719
- 1990 Ill. LEXIS 62
How courts have described this case
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- noting that complaint was filed two days before expiration of statute of limitations
- finding no evidence of diligence where the plaintiff “made no attempt to place summons for a period of almost nine months after the expiration of the statute of limitations”
- actual notice of the pendency of a suit is significant in that it may affect a court’s determination of whether a plaintiff was diligent
- time periods before a dismissal and a refiling of a complaint treated as separate entities, with no inclusion of the interim period
- notice of the pendency of a suit is significant in determining whether a plaintiff was diligent
- actual notice of the pendency of a suit is significant in that it may affect a court’s determination of whether a plaintiff was diligent
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Judges: Clark
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