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735 ILCS 5/13-202 (2026)

Personal injury - Penalty

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(735 ILCS 5/13-202) (from Ch. 110, par. 13-202)
    Sec. 13-202. Personal injury - Penalty. Actions for damages for an injury to the person, or for false imprisonment, or malicious prosecution, or for a statutory penalty, or for abduction, or for seduction, or for criminal conversation that may proceed pursuant to subsection (a) of Section 7.1 of the Criminal Conversation Abolition Act, except damages resulting from first degree murder or the commission of a Class X felony and the perpetrator thereof is convicted of such crime, shall be commenced within 2 years next after the cause of action accrued but such an action against a defendant arising from a crime committed by the defendant in whose name an escrow account was established under the "Criminal Victims' Escrow Account Act" shall be commenced within 2 years after the establishment of such account. If the compelling of a confession or information by imminent bodily harm or threat of imminent bodily harm results in whole or in part in a criminal prosecution of the plaintiff, the 2-year period set out in this Section shall be tolled during the time in which the plaintiff is incarcerated, or until criminal prosecution has been finally adjudicated in favor of the above referred plaintiff, whichever is later. However, this provision relating to the compelling of a confession or information shall not apply to units of local government subject to the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act.
(Source: P.A. 99-90, eff. 1-1-16.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 326 cases (89 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: Landis v. Marc Realty, L.L.C., 919 N.E.2d 300 (Ill. 2009).
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Landis v. Marc Realty, L.L.C., 919 N.E.2d 300 (Ill. 2009). · cites it 5× “The circuit court of Cook County dismissed plaintiffs' complaint as untimely, finding that the two-year limitations period in section 13-202 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/13-202 (West 2004)) applied to section 5-12-080 of the RLTO.”
Mark Gekas v. Peter Vasiliades, 814 F.3d 890 (7th Cir. 2016). “2011) (citing 735 ILCS 5/13-202 and Jenkins v. Vill. of Maywood, 506 F.”
Brucker v. Mercola, 886 N.E.2d 306 (Ill. 2007). · cites it 2× “" Thus, according to plaintiffs, their complaint alleged ordinary negligence and was subject to the limitations periods provided in sections 13-202 (735 ILCS 5/13-202 (West 2006)) and 13-211 (735 ILCS 5/13-211 (West 2006)).”
James Owens v. Salvador Godinez, 860 F.3d 434 (7th Cir. 2017). “See 735 ILCS 5/13-202; Cesal v. Moats, 851 F.”
Hernandez v. Pritikin, 2012 IL 113054 (Ill. 2012). · cites it 2× “, that the statute of limitations for a personal injury or product liability action (735 ILCS 5/13-202, 13-213 (West 1998) (two-year limitation periods)) began to run, at least, by that date.”
Rosado v. Gonzalez, 832 F.3d 714 (7th Cir. 2016). “735 ILCS 5/13-202; Wallace v. Koto, 549 U.”
Sidney Peterson v. Wexford Health Sources, Inc., 986 F.3d 746 (7th Cir. 2021). “Because Peterson exhausted his adminis- trative remedies on January 10, 2016, and the statute of limi- tations in Illinois is two years for personal-injury claims, 735 ILCS 5/13-202, the district court concluded that Peterson’s negligence claims fell outside the limitations…”
Klebanowski v. Sheahan, 540 F.3d 633 (7th Cir. 2008). “See 735 ILCS 5/13-202; see also King v. One Unknown Fed.”
Parks v. Kownacki, 737 N.E.2d 287 (Ill. 2000). · cites it 2× “The trial court denied the motions for summary judgment but dismissed the action, finding that plaintiffs' claims were barred by the statute of repose for childhood sexual abuse claims (735 ILCS 5/13-202.”
Doe v. Hastert, 2019 IL App (2d) 180250 (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/13-202 (West 2016); Clay v. Kuhl, 189 Ill.”
Jimmie E. Small v. Elaine E. Chao, Sec'y of the Dep't of Labor, 398 F.3d 894 (7th Cir. 2005). “1995); 735 ILCS 5/13-202 (2002). (Although the statute of limitations is ordinarily an affirmative defense that must be pleaded under Fed.”
Crawford v. Belhaven Realty LLC, 109 N.E.3d 763 (Ill. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “735 ILCS 5/13-202, 13-212(a) (West 2006).”
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