| 1 | 1 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0035 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 740 ILCS 180/1 from Ch. 70, par. 1 Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Allows for the recovery of punitive damages in a wrongful death action. LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0035 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 740 ILCS 180/1 from Ch. 70, par. 1 740 ILCS 180/1 from Ch. 70, par. 1 Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Allows for the recovery of punitive damages in a wrongful death action. LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b A BILL FOR |
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| 2 | 2 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0035 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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| 3 | 3 | | 740 ILCS 180/1 from Ch. 70, par. 1 740 ILCS 180/1 from Ch. 70, par. 1 |
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| 4 | 4 | | 740 ILCS 180/1 from Ch. 70, par. 1 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Allows for the recovery of punitive damages in a wrongful death action. |
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| 6 | 6 | | LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b |
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| 7 | 7 | | LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL FOR |
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| 9 | 9 | | HB0035LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b HB0035 LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b |
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| 10 | 10 | | HB0035 LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1 AN ACT concerning civil law. |
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| 12 | 12 | | 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| 13 | 13 | | 3 represented in the General Assembly: |
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| 14 | 14 | | 4 Section 5. The Wrongful Death Act is amended by changing |
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| 15 | 15 | | 5 Section 1 as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | 6 (740 ILCS 180/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 1) |
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| 17 | 17 | | 7 (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 89-7, |
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| 18 | 18 | | 8 which has been held unconstitutional) |
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| 19 | 19 | | 9 Sec. 1. Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by |
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| 20 | 20 | | 10 wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or |
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| 21 | 21 | | 11 default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have |
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| 22 | 22 | | 12 entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover |
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| 23 | 23 | | 13 damages, including punitive damages, in respect thereof, then |
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| 24 | 24 | | 14 and in every such case the person who or company or corporation |
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| 25 | 25 | | 15 which would have been liable if death had not ensued, shall be |
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| 26 | 26 | | 16 liable to an action for damages, including punitive damages, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 17 notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although |
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| 28 | 28 | | 18 the death shall have been caused under such circumstances as |
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| 29 | 29 | | 19 amount in law to felony. |
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| 30 | 30 | | 20 (Source: Laws 1853, p. 97.) |
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| 34 | 34 | | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB0035 Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 740 ILCS 180/1 from Ch. 70, par. 1 740 ILCS 180/1 from Ch. 70, par. 1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | 740 ILCS 180/1 from Ch. 70, par. 1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Allows for the recovery of punitive damages in a wrongful death action. |
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| 38 | 38 | | LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b |
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| 39 | 39 | | LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b |
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| 46 | 46 | | 740 ILCS 180/1 from Ch. 70, par. 1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | HB0035 LRB103 03554 LNS 48560 b |
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