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On August 11, 2023, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker (D) signed House Bill 219 into law, now expanding recoverable damages under the Wrongful Death Act and Probate Act of 1975.
(The Center Square) – In a state infamous for massive jury awards, a new Illinois law will now allow punitive damages in wrongful death cases. Gov. J.B. Pritzker recently signed into law an amendment to the Wrongful Dea...
A new Illinois law that aims to increase jury awards demonstrates that juries are not the only culprits of social inflation. Certainly, juries can render nuclear and thermonuclear...
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County and a local senior care facility have successfully overcome a wrongful death claim, in a lawsuit filed by the surviving children of a man who died from COVID-19 while under the facility’s care.
Gov. Janet Mills allowed the bill to become law Thursday without her signature. Another bill that would have extended the statute of limitations on medical negligence claims failed to get support.