ULDRYCH v. VHS OF ILLINOIS, INC.

No. 110170.

942 N.E.2d 1274 (2011)

239 Ill.2d 532

Helen ULDRYCH, Indiv. and as Special Adm'r of the Estate of Rudolph Uldrych, Deceased, v. VHS OF ILLINOIS, INC., d/b/a MacNeal Hospital, Appellant (Christopher D. Joyce et al., Appellees).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

January 21, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carmel M. Cosgrove , Michael Resis and Ellen L. Green , of SmithAmundsen, LLC, of Chicago, for appellant.

Donohue Brown Mathewson & Smith LLC, of Chicago ( Mark M. Burden , Karen Kies DeGrand and Edward E. Fu , of counsel), for appellee Christopher D. Joyce.

Cassiday Schade LLP, of Chicago ( Julie A. Teuscher and Richard A. Barrett, Jr. , of counsel), for appellees Jeffrey Zawacki and Suburban Surgical Associates, Ltd.


OPINION

Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion.

In this appeal, the parties, who were all named as defendants in an underlying medical malpractice action, argue over the proper statute of repose to be applied to the defendant hospital's implied indemnity claim against the defendant doctors and their employer. In accord with the determinations made by the circuit and appellate courts, we hold that section 13-212(a) of the Code...

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