Supreme Court of Illinois

In an action arising from defendants' alleged failure to advise plaintiff that she may have contracted hepatitis C from a blood transfusion that she received during hospitalization 13 years prior to filing suit, dismissal of the claims under section 13-212 of the Code of Civil Procedure is affirmed where plaintiff's claim arises from patient care and the statute of repose contained in section 13-212(a) of the Code applies to bar her action.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/28/2007
• Published 12/28/2007

Judges

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard J. Prendergast, Chicago (Michael T. Layden, of counsel), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eugene A. Schoon, Tamar B. Kelber, Amy D. McBride, Elizabeth C. Scott, of Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, for appellee Loyola University Health System.