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WATKINS v. HEALTH & HOSPITALS GOVERNING COM.

No. 78-557.

78 Ill. App.3d 468 (1979)

397 N.E.2d 228

DOROTHY WATKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. THE HEALTH AND HOSPITALS GOVERNING COMMISSION OF COOK COUNTY et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed November 15, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon Oliver Zisook, Ltd., of Chicago (Reid S. Neuman, of counsel), for appellant.

Calvin Sawyier, of Chicago, for appellee Health and Hospitals Governing Commission.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Dorothy Watkins, brought an action for medical malpractice to recover for the loss of her right leg at the knee. The defendant, Health and Hospitals Governing Commission of Cook County (commission) moved to dismiss the complaint and amended complaint on the grounds that the suit was barred by the applicable statute of limitations (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1973, ch. 85, pars...

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