(70 ILCS 1815/44) (from Ch. 19, par. 844)
Sec. 44.
No civil action shall be commenced in any court against the District by
any person for any injury to his person, unless it is commenced within one
year from the date that the injury was received or the cause of action
accrued. Within 6 months from the date that any injury was received or such
cause of action accrued, any person who is about to commence any civil
action in any court against the Port District for damages on account of any
injury to his person shall file in the office of the secretary of the Board
either by himself, his agent, or attorney, a statement, in writing, signed
by himself, his agent, or attorney, giving the name of the person to whom
the cause of action has accrued, the name and residence of the person
injured, the date and about the hour of the accident, the place or location
where the accident occurred and the name and address of the attending
physician, if any. If such statement is not filed as provided, any such
civil action commenced against the District shall be dismissed and the
person to whom any cause of action accrued for any personal injury shall be
forever barred from further suing.
(Source: P.A. 77-1799.)
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