Court Opinion

ID: 9744195
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 21:56:43.656933+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:24:47.421667
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE HOLDRIDGE, dissenting: I respectfully dissent. I would hold that the trial court properly dismissed the Maldonados’ complaint against Creative Woodworking Concepts, Inc. The Maldonados’ complaint did not set forth separate counts for negligence, product liability and breach of implied warranty, each of which has a specific statute of limitations. When different limitation periods apply to different causes of action in a complaint, and the statute of limitations could be determinative, each cause of action must be plainly set out in the pleading in separate counts. Knox College v. Celotex Corp., 88 Ill. 2d 407 (1981). The trial court properly construed the ambiguous complaint as stating a cause of action in negligence or product liability, both of which are governed by a two-year statute of limitations. I see no error in so holding, and I would affirm the trial court on that basis. For the foregoing reasons, I would affirm the ruling of the trial court and I dissent on that basis.