Court Opinion

ID: 9725622
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 11:56:20.050746+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:17.168596
License: Public Domain

JUSTICE BRESLIN, specially concurring: I agree with the majority’s decision that the plaintiff was barred from bringing the present action. However, I do not agree with the holding that the limitations period does not begin to run until the plaintiff reaches the age of 18. In my view, section 13—212 establishes a two-year statute of limitations for all persons. Additionally, subsection (a) gives a four-year repose period to adults, and subsection (b) gives an eight-year repose period to minors that may not extend beyond the individual’s twenty-second birthday. Last but not least, subsection (c) tolls the running of the limitations period for all persons "under a legal disability other than being under the age of 18.” 735 ILCS 5/13—212(c) (West 1994). Had the legislature intended to toll the limitations period for minors, it would have included minors in the tolling provision in subsection (c). Instead, it specifically excepted them. In my opinion, this express exclusion of minors in subsection (c) evidences a clear intent to subject minors to the two-year limitations period provided in subsection (a).