{"id":2417,"date":"2016-02-17T10:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=2417"},"modified":"2016-08-30T16:19:30","modified_gmt":"2016-08-30T21:19:30","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-affirms-dismissal-lawsuit-applying-one-year-deadline-negligence-claims-local-public-entities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-dismissal-lawsuit-applying-one-year-deadline-negligence-claims-local-public-entities\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Affirms Dismissal of Lawsuit Applying the One-Year Deadline for Negligence Claims Against Local Public Entities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Lee, 17, was injured during a physical education class at her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.naperville203.org\/nnhs\">Naperville North High School<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/fulltext.asp?DocName=073500050K13-211\">Section 13-211<\/a> of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedures states that when a minor is injured by a negligent act she will get two years from her 18th birthday to sue. However, in this case, Jennifer Lee was 17 when she was injured.<\/p>\n<p>Section 8-101(a) of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs5.asp?ActID=2062&amp;ChapterID=0\">Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act <\/a>imposes a one-year deadline for negligence claims against public entities. In the Lee case, Section 13-211 and another case, Bertolis v. Community Unit School District No. 7, 283 Ill.App.3d 874 (1996) where the plaintiff sued the school district and the school board a day before her 20th birthday were persuasive.<\/p>\n<p>In the Bertolis case, Jennifer Bertolis was 15 when she was injured at her high school. She relied on Section 13-211 in suing the district and its board the day before her 20th birthday. In the Illinois Appellate Court\u2019s majority opinion, it was stated, \u201cBecause the limiting provisions of the Tort Immunity Act are to be strictly construed against public amendments and the public policy of this state has long favored preserving the meritorious claims of minors, we hold the limitation period of Section 13-211 of the code governs this action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-affirms-dismissal-lawsuit-applying-one-year-deadline-negligence-claims-local-public-entities\/#more-2417\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Lee, 17, was injured during a physical education class at her Naperville North High School. Section 13-211 of the Illinois Code of Civil Procedures states that when a minor is injured by a negligent act she will get two years from her 18th birthday to sue. 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