Wrongful death lawsuit damages blown wide open by bill
Illinois juries could soon grant unlimited pain and suffering damages in wrongful death lawsuits, thanks to a bill on the governor’s desk.
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Illinois juries could soon grant unlimited pain and suffering damages in wrongful death lawsuits, thanks to a bill on the governor’s desk.
Illinois legislators passed measures addressing abortion, book bans and full-day kindergarten during a spring session that's going into overtime because of a failure to come to terms on a budget.
Here’s a look at some of the bills heading to Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk.
The family of a Newport News man who was shot and killed by police in 2019 have agreed to settle a pending wrongful death claim against two police officers.
Measure to allow state courts to award punitive damages would be a departure from the status quo for more than a century in Illinois.