Dems work to allow punitive awards in wrongful death lawsuits
HB 219 would take the standards for seeking punitive damages in personal injury cases and apply them to Illinois’ Wrongful Death Act.
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HB 219 would take the standards for seeking punitive damages in personal injury cases and apply them to Illinois’ Wrongful Death Act.
Illinois would join 34 other states, but business groups claim move will increase costs.
Illinois would join 34 other states, but business groups claim move will increase costs.
Illinois would join 34 other states, but business groups claim move will increase costs.
Democrats in the General Assembly this week lined up to push a measure that would allow state courts to award punitive damages in wrongful death lawsuits – a departure from the status quo for more than a century in Illinois.