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BOATMEN'S NAT. BANK v. DIRECT LINES, INC.

No. 77590.

656 N.E.2d 1101 (1995)

167 Ill.2d 88

212 Ill.Dec. 267

BOATMEN'S NATIONAL BANK OF BELLEVILLE, as Special Adm'r of the Estate of Lynn Tartt, Deceased, Appellant, v. DIRECT LINES, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

September 28, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Pedroli, Daniel J. Gauthier and Joel E. Brown, of Robert H. Pedroli & Associates, Clayton, Missouri, for appellant.

Lisa K. Franke, Daniel W. Farroll and Gordon R. Broom, of Burroughs, Hepler, Broom, MacDonald & Hebrank, Edwardsville, for appellees Direct Lines, Inc. and Ronald Giesler.

John L. McMullin and T. Michael Ward, of Brown & James, P.C., St. Louis, Missouri, and Belleville, Illinois, for appellee John F. Reynolds.

Justice MILLER delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises from a wrongful death action filed in the circuit court of St. Clair County. While several issues are presented for review, we deal primarily with the issue of whether the ninth-amended complaint filed after the applicable statute of limitations expired relates back to the timely filed original complaint.

On November 22, 1986, decedent, Lynn Tartt, died from injuries she sustained in a car...

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