{"id":449,"date":"2012-01-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.lawblogger.net\/2012\/01\/05\/illinois_appellate_court_clari_1\/"},"modified":"2016-08-29T14:53:47","modified_gmt":"2016-08-29T19:53:47","slug":"illinois_appellate_court_clari_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_appellate_court_clari_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Clarifies Discovery Rule &#8211; Mitsias v. I-Flow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Illinois, the statute of limitations governing civil cases, e.g. medical malpractice, product liability, and personal injury cases, is typically two years.  However, the Illinois Appellate Court recently revisited exactly when that two-year statute begins in its analysis of the &#8220;discovery rule&#8221; as it relates to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/files\/2013\/05\/Mitsias-v.-I-Flow-Corp.pdf\"><em>Mitsias v. I-Flow<\/em>, 2011 Ill.App. (1st) 101126 (Sept. 23, 2011)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The discovery rule refers to the general rule that the statute begins when a plaintiff knew or should have know about the cause for his injury.  The injury in question in <em>Mitsias<\/em> deals with both a medical malpractice claim and a later<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicago-personal-injury-lawyer-blog.com\/medical_device_liability\/\"> product liability lawsuit<\/a> involving the plaintiff&#8217;s shoulder surgery.  In 2001, Mitsias underwent a shoulder surgery during which a &#8220;pain pump&#8221; was implanted.  However, Mitsias later developed glenohumeral chondrolysis, or destruction of cartilage in her shoulder and joint.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, Mitsias filed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/\">medical malpractice lawsuit<\/a> against the surgeon who implanted the pain pump.  However, during the course of the medical malpractice proceedings, Mitsias discovered that the source of her shoulder injury might not be a simple case of medical malpractice, but also have a product liability component.  Consequently, Mitsias filed a second complaint against the manufacturers of the pain pump alleging that its defects caused her shoulder injury.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois_appellate_court_clari_1\/#more-449\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Illinois, the statute of limitations governing civil cases, e.g. medical malpractice, product liability, and personal injury cases, is typically two years. However, the Illinois Appellate Court recently revisited exactly when that two-year statute begins in its analysis of the &#8220;discovery rule&#8221; as it relates to Mitsias v. 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