ULDRYCH v. VHS OF ILLINOIS, INC.

No. 1-08-3278.

927 N.E.2d 82 (2010)

398 Ill. App.3d 696

Helen ULDRYCH, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of Rudolph Uldrych, Deceased, Plaintiff, v. VHS OF ILLINOIS, INC., d/b/a MacNeal Hospital, Defendant and Counterplaintiff-Appellant, and Christopher D. Joyce, M.D., Jeffery C. Zawacki, M.D., and Suburban Surgical Associates, Ltd., a corporation, Defendants and Counterdefendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

March 2, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

SmithAmundsen LLC, Chicago (Carmel M. Cosgrave, Michael Resis, Ellen L. Green, of counsel), for Appellant.

Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth, LLC, Chicago (Mark M. Burden, Karen Kies DeGrand, Edward E. Fu, of counsel), Cassiday Schade, LLP, Chicago (Julie A. Teuseher, Richard A. Barrett, Jr., of counsel), for Appellees.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

VHS of Illinois, Inc., d/b/a MacNeal Hospital (MacNeal Hospital) appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing its amended counterclaim for implied indemnity as time-barred pursuant to section 13-212(a) of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/13-212(a) (West 2002)). For the reasons which follow, we affirm.

On February 10, 2003, Rudolph Uldrych underwent gastric bypass surgery at MacNeal...

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