Court Opinion

ID: 9743072
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:25:07.961986+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:39.163097
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SUPPLEMENTAL OPINION ON DENIAL OF REHEARING Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE STENGEL delivered the opinion of the corut: A petition for rehearing filed by plaintiff requires comment. Plaintiff first contends that our decision in effect overrules an earlier decision of this court in McCullough v. Tomaich (3d Dist. 1974), 20 Ill. App. 3d 262, 314 N.E.2d 643. Such is not the case. In McCullough, plaintiff filed suit under the Dramshop Act to recover for injuries he received in a tavern shooting. After the statute of limitations had expired, the complaint was amended to seek recovery for loss of support sustained by plaintiff’s wife and three minor children. This court approved the amendment and noted that the new causes of action grew out of the same occurrence (the shooting of plaintiff) as the original cause. In the case at bar, we have concluded that, unlike McCullough, the amended complaint alleged a cause of action arising out of a different occurrence (a failure to cut weeds) than the original complaint which alleged the deposit of a hazardous substance on a highway. Plaintiff also argues that a motion to conform the pleadings to the proof under section 46(3) of the Civil Practice Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1975, ch. 110, par. 46(3)) can be granted without regard to the limitation provision of section 46(2). As our decision indicates, we disagree. The petition for rehearing is denied. STOUDER and SCOTT, JJ., concur.