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HOFFMAN v. POWELL6/5/1989
action must be commenced. . . . Our 4-year time
limit is ... within the general area of limits that had
been set by other States. Some are shorter than ours,
and some are longer. It has not been demonstrated that
the legislative action in establishing the 4-year outer
limit within which to file a complaint for
79 Ill.2d at 312, 37 Ill. Dec. at 566, 402 N.E.2d at 568.
We concur with Anderson and numerous other Courts upholding malpractice statutes of repose, some of which are for periods less than six years. Brubaker v. Cavanaugh, 741 F.2d 318 (10th Cir. 1984) [4 years]; Fitz v. Dolyak, 712 F.2d 330 (8th Cir. 1983) [6 years]; Jewson v. Mayo Clinic, 691 F.2d 405 (8th Cir. 1982) [2 years]; Landgraff v. Wagner, 26 Ariz. App. 49, 546 P.2d 26 (1976) [6 years]; Owen v. Wilson, 260 Ark. 21, 537 S.W.2d 543 (1976) [2 years]; Mishek v. Stanton, 200 Colo. 514, 616 P.2d 135 (1980) [6 years]; Dunn v. St. Francis Hospital, 401 A.2d 77 (Del. 1979) [3 years]; Carmichael v. Silbert, 422 N.E.2d 1330 (Ind. App. 1981) [2 years]; Koppes v. Pearson, 384 N.W.2d 381 (Iowa 1986) [6 years]; Valentine v. Thomas, 433 So.2d 289 (La. Ct. App. 1983) [3 years]; Laughlin v. Forgrave, 432 S.W.2d 308 (Mo.
1968) [2 years]; Colton v. Dewey, 212 Neb. 126, 321 N.W.2d 913 (1982) [10 years]; Saultz v. Funk, 64 Ohio App.2d 29, 410 N.E.2d 1275 (1979) [1 year].
CONCLUSION
The
Affirmed.
GREGORY, C.J., and HARWELL, FINNEY and TOAL, JJ., concur.
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