HB4972 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB4972

Introduced 02/05/04, by Rosemary Mulligan

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

735 ILCS 5/2-1703

from Ch. 110, par. 2-1703

Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the Section concerning the definitions of past and future damages.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning civil procedure.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by changing Section 2-1703 as follows:

(735 ILCS 5/2-1703) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1703)

Sec. 2-1703. Past/Future Damages. As used in this Part:

(a) "Past damages" means damages that have accrued when the damages findings are made.

(b) "Future damages" includes all damages that which the trier of fact finds will accrue after the damages findings are made, including, without limitation, damages for future medical or health treatment, care or custody, loss of future earnings, loss of bodily function, future pain and suffering, and future physical impairment and inconvenience.

(Source: P.A. 84-7.)