Supremes: the best approach to tort reform survives: the Supreme Court holds that a med-mal plaintiff is entitled to a 90-day extension to file her certificate of merit - and that a 2004 law didn't reenact the version of 2-622 invalidated in Best v. Taylor.

Illinois Bar Journal › Vol. 96 Nbr. 8, August 2008

Position:: O'Casek v. Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois

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O'Casek v. Children's Home & Aid Society of Illinois

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Supremes: the best approach to tort reform survives: the Supreme Court holds that a med-mal plaintiff is entitled to a 90-day extension to file her certificate of merit - and that a 2004 law didn't reenact the version of 2-622 invalidated in Best v. Taylor.

Figuring out the meaning of a statute can be difficult enough without first having to determine what version of the statute is in effect. In O'Casek v Children's Home and Aid Society of Illinois, 2008 WL 2446694 (Ill Sup Ct), the Illinois Supreme Court had to do both.

PA 89-7 and PA 90-579

At issue was whether, under 7...

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