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WBGZ Radio 1/27/2021 |
By Greg Bishop - Illinois Radio Network
The vast majority of Illinois small businesses want COVID-19 liability protection and a check on the governor’s unilateral authority, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.
NFIB Illinois State Director Mark Grant said nearly 98 percent of respondents to a recent survey want the state legislature to give them liability protection.
“It’s really hard, I think, for folks to determine clearly that someone received or got COVID from a particular work site,” Grant told WMAY.
State Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, had a measure he filed last year that was never heard. He plans to file it again. He said it’s not just small businesses that would benefit from COVID-liability protection. Taxpayers would benefit too.
Cook, Madison, St. Clair counties rank among nation’s top ‘judicial hellholes’
Cook, Madison, St. Clair counties rank among nation’s top ‘judicial hellholes’ A trio of Illinois counties are known for being plaintiff friendly, especially for asbestos and no-injury biometric screening cases. COVID-19 liability is expected to fill future court dockets.
Cook, Madison and St. Clair counties rank No. 8 in the American Tort Reform Association’s annual report on “Judicial Hellholes,” which blames plaintiff-friendly courts and state laws for the designation.
“The Illinois General Assembly continues to look for innovative new ways to expand liability for businesses, increasing the financial burdens of doing business in the state,” the report stated Dec. 8. “At a time when business is reeling from the economic impact of COVID-19, the legislature should consider enacting reforms to ease the economic burden caused by abuses of the state’s civil justice system.