{"id":1750,"date":"2014-09-03T10:00:29","date_gmt":"2014-09-03T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1750"},"modified":"2019-10-17T06:10:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T11:10:29","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-bars-legal-malpractice-case-filing-beyond-two-year-statute-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-bars-legal-malpractice-case-filing-beyond-two-year-statute-limitations\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Bars Legal Malpractice Case Because of the Filing Was Beyond the Two Year Statute of Limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court has affirmed a decision of a Cook County circuit court judge dismissing a legal malpractice case because of the running of the statute of limitations barred the plaintiff from filing suit.<\/p>\n<p>On Feb. 4, 2005, Rose Anne Godbold underwent a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Positron_emission_tomography\">positron emission tomography <\/a>scan in a clinic run by Advocate Medical Group and overseen by Brian McMahon. Sometime between August and September 2005, Godbold became aware that the protocols that had been followed in her scan and results had been concealed. The primary consequence of this was that Godbold had <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hodgkin%27s_lymphoma\">Hodgkin\u2019s disease<\/a>, which a properly performed positron emission tomography would have detected. However, Godbold did not discover that she had the disease until June 18, 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Godbold hired lawyers to pursue a medical negligence case. She hired the Chicago law firm of Karlin &amp; Fleischer LLC. The firm forwarded to Godbold a retainer agreement on Nov. 10, 2008 and the request for medical authorization and a cost advanced payment of $2,500.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-bars-legal-malpractice-case-filing-beyond-two-year-statute-limitations\/#more-1750\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Illinois Appellate Court has affirmed a decision of a Cook County circuit court judge dismissing a legal malpractice case because of the running of the statute of limitations barred the plaintiff from filing suit. 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