HOBERT v. COVENANT CHILDREN'S HOME

No. 3-99-0371.

723 N.E.2d 384 (2000)

309 Ill. App.3d 640

243 Ill.Dec. 352

Joseph HOBERT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. COVENANT CHILDREN'S HOME, a not for profit organization, and John H. Tanton, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Third District.

January 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis Van Hooreweghe (argued), Van Hooreweghe, Fackel & Thuline, Moline, Tobias G. Barry, Thomas L. McClintock, Aplington, Kaufman, McClintock, Steele & Barry, LaSalle, for Joseph Hobert.

T. Donald Henson, Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan P.C., LaSalle, Joel M. Koppenhoefer (argued), Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, Ottawa, for Covenant Children's Home, John H. Tanton.

David G. Fint, Bloomington, for Appellee.


Justice BRESLIN delivered the opinion of the court:

Joseph Hobert filed suit against John H. Tanton, a social worker, and his employer, Covenant Children's Home (Covenant), for injuries sustained as a result of alleged sexual abuse by Tanton when Hobert was a resident at Covenant in his youth. The trial court determined that section 13-202.2 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/13-202.2 (West 1998)) does not apply to a non-abuser to toll the running of the statute...

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