(745 ILCS 70/12) (from Ch. 111 1/2, par. 5312)
Sec. 12.
Actions; damages.
Any person, association, corporation, entity
or health care
facility injured by any public or private person, association, agency,
entity or corporation by reason of any action prohibited by this Act may
commence a suit therefor, and shall
recover threefold the actual damages, including pain and suffering,
sustained by such person, association, corporation, entity or health care
facility, the costs of the suit and reasonable attorney's fees; but in
no case shall recovery be less than $2,500 for each violation in
addition to costs of the suit and reasonable attorney's fees. These
damage remedies shall be cumulative, and not exclusive of other remedies
afforded under any other state or federal law.
(Source: P.A. 90-246, eff. 1-1-98.)
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