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MOORE v. JACKSON PARK HOSPITAL

No. 80-2953.

101 Ill. App.3d 1009 (1981)

428 N.E.2d 1110

LUELLA MOORE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JACKSON PARK HOSPITAL et al., Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (2nd Division).

Opinion filed November 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A.J. Hardiman, Ltd., of Chicago (Terrance J. Coughlin, A.J. Hardiman, and Eugene C. Hardiman, of counsel), for appellant.

Lord, Bissell & Brook, of Chicago (R. Dennis Rasor, Harold L. Jacobson, and Hugh C. Griffin, of counsel), for appellee Jackson Park Hospital.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago (Richard C. Bartelt and William F. Haley, of counsel), for appellee Enrique Steider.

Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE DOWNING delivered the opinion of the court:

Can an amendment to the medical malpractice statute of limitations be applied to a cause of action, immediately barring it on the effective date of the amendment? We think not, and reverse the judgment of the circuit court.

On May 24, 1972, defendant Dr. Enrique Steider performed surgery on plaintiff Luella Moore at defendant Jackson Park Hospital. Plaintiff alleges that...

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