{"id":868,"date":"2016-06-25T07:30:59","date_gmt":"2016-06-25T12:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.illinoisinjurylawyerblog.net\/?p=868"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:39:42","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T17:39:42","slug":"court-dismisses-case-failure-pay-filing-fee-within-statute-limitations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.molllawgroup.com\/blog\/court-dismisses-case-failure-pay-filing-fee-within-statute-limitations\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Dismisses Case After Failure to Pay Filing Fee Within Statute of Limitations"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a recent case<\/a>, a woman filed a complaint against CVS for negligence and wantonness. The injury occurred on September 2, 2013 after the woman fell on an unknown substance in a retail store. She filed the claim on August 26, 2015. When she filed the complaint, she filed an \u201cAffidavit of Substantial Hardship,\u201d which indicated that she could not pay the filing fee. A few weeks later, the court granted her hardship petition and waived the fee. However, the court later reversed its earlier order and denied her hardship petition. The woman then paid the filing fee. CVS then moved to dismiss the lawsuit because the two-year statute of limitations had passed before she paid the filing fee or before her hardship petition had been granted.<\/p>\n

The state\u2019s supreme court held that under a state statute, a plaintiff has to pay the filing fee or have a hardship petition approved within the statute of limitations. Even though the woman filed the complaint within the statute of limitations, it was insufficient to commence an action to extend the statute of limitations. The two-year statute of limitations had passed before she paid the fee or her petition was approved. Thus, even though she filed within the time period, her complaint was not timely and was dismissed.<\/p>\n

Statutes of Limitations in Illinois<\/strong><\/p>\n

For legal proceedings, individuals have to file claims within a specified period of time, called a \u201cstatute of limitations.\u201d The reasoning behind these laws is that there is a reasonable period of time that defendants will be subject to claims, so evidence will still be available, and so a person with a valid claim will pursue it with diligence.<\/p>\n

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