Opinion ID: 3134239
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Ill 2d 28, 30-31 (1991); Flores v. Dugan, 91 Ill. 2d 108 (1982).

Text: As stated, the plaintiff filed a complaint in the circuit court of St. Clair immediately after the federal action was dismissed. In September 1993, the plaintiff filed an amended complaint, which added two counts for false light/invasion of privacy. The plaintiff argues that the amendment, which was filed after the limitations period expired, relates back to the original complaint, which was timely filed in the federal court. Under section 2-- 616(b) of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2--616(b) (West 1992)), a cause of action alleged in an amended complaint, filed after the expiration of the limitations period, will relate back to the filing of the original complaint if two requirements are met: (1) the original pleading was timely filed and (2) the original and amended pleadings indicate that the cause of action asserted in the amended pleading grew out of the same transaction or occurrence set up in the original pleading. Wolf v. Meister-Neiberg, Inc., 143