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Cohen v. Salata

Case Date: 03/25/1999
Court: 1st District Appellate
Docket No: 1-98-1274

Cohen v. Salata, No. 1-98-1274

1st District, 25 March 1999

FOURTH DIVISION

CAMILLE COHEN,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

v.

ROBERT J. SALATA, D.D.S., and KIMBERLY A. ZIZIC, D.D.S.,

Defendants-Appellees,

and

NORTH SHORE COSMETIC AND GENERAL DENTISTRY, LTD., P.C.,

Defendant.

 APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COOK COUNTY

HONORABLE DAVID R. DONNERSBERGER, JUDGE PRESIDING.

JUSTICE HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Camille Cohen, appeals from an order of the circuit court dismissing as time barred her dental malpractice action against Robert J. Salata and Kimberly A. Zizic. In our analysis of this case, we address the question of whether the filing of an action in violation of the automatic stay provisions of section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C.