Uldrych v. VHS of Illinois

State: Illinois

Docket No: 110170 Rel

Case Date: 01/21/2011

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS

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). Opinion filed January 21, 2011.

JUSTICE KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Chief Justice Kilbride and Justices Freeman, Thomas, Garman, and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Theis took no part in the decision.

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

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