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Johnson v. Northshore Univ. Healthsystem

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Mar 31, 2011
405 Ill. App. 3d 1191 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011)

Summary

rejecting contention that the one-year limitations period applicable to "[a]ctions for slander, libel or for publication of matter violating the right of privacy" applied to intrusion upon seclusion claims and implying, but not holding, that the catch-all five-year limitations period applied to intrusion upon seclusion

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Opinion

NO. 1-10-0399

2011-03-31

Johnson v. Northshore University Healthsystem


Trial Court County: Cook

Disposition: Affirmed.


Summaries of

Johnson v. Northshore Univ. Healthsystem

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District
Mar 31, 2011
405 Ill. App. 3d 1191 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011)

rejecting contention that the one-year limitations period applicable to "[a]ctions for slander, libel or for publication of matter violating the right of privacy" applied to intrusion upon seclusion claims and implying, but not holding, that the catch-all five-year limitations period applied to intrusion upon seclusion

Summary of this case from Skiba v. Ill. Cent. R.R. Co.
Case details for

Johnson v. Northshore Univ. Healthsystem

Case Details

Full title:Johnson v. Northshore University Healthsystem

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois, First District

Date published: Mar 31, 2011

Citations

405 Ill. App. 3d 1191 (Ill. App. Ct. 2011)
375 Ill. Dec. 694
997 N.E.2d 1005

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