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WOODWARD v. BURNHAM CITY HOSPITAL

No. 14668.

60 Ill. App.3d 285 (1978)

377 N.E.2d 290

CAROL C. WOODWARD, Indiv. and as Adm'r of the Estate of Charles C. Woodward, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BURNHAM CITY HOSPITAL et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fourth District.

Opinion filed May 26, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard M. Ring & Associates, of Chicago (Leonard M. Ring and Ralph L. Brill, of counsel), for appellant.

Phillips, Phebus, Tummelson & Bryan, of Urbana, Thomas, Mamer, Haughey & Miller, and Vance I. Kepley, of Reno, O'Byrne & Kepley, both of Champaign (Hurshal C. Tummelson and David K. Henriksen, of counsel), for appellees.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE CRAVEN delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal of an order of the circuit court of Champaign County dismissing plaintiffs' complaint for medical malpractice and upholding the constitutionality of section 21.1 of the Limitations Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 83, par. 22.1 as amended by P.A. 79-1434 (1976)). The plaintiff argues that section 21.1 constitutes special legislation and is unconstitutional. We agree...

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