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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4992 Introduced 2/8/2024, by Rep. Ryan Spain SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that noneconomic damages in a civil action against a common carrier may not be more than $2,000,000 per injured party. Applies to cause of actions accruing on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| | HB4992 | | LRB103 38181 JRC 68314 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 2-1120 as follows:
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| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/2-1120 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-1120. Limitations on recovery of non-economic |
| 8 | | damages against a commercial motor vehicle carrier. |
| 9 | | (a) Legislative intent. Illinois is a transportation and |
| 10 | | logistics hub of interstate commerce in the United States. To |
| 11 | | preserve Illinois' ability to maintain this status, it is the |
| 12 | | intent of this Section to preserver the economic health and |
| 13 | | strength of the industries that help make this possible. |
| 14 | | (b) In all common law, statutory or other actions that |
| 15 | | seek damages on account of death, bodily injury, or physical |
| 16 | | damage to property based on negligence, or product liability |
| 17 | | based on any theory or doctrine, recovery of non-economic |
| 18 | | damages against a commercial common carrier in which was |
| 19 | | allegedly caused by a commercial motor vehicle is limited to |
| 20 | | $2,000,000 per plaintiff. As used in this Section, "commercial |
| 21 | | motor vehicle" means the same as used in Section 6-500 in the |
| 22 | | Illinois Vehicle Code. |
| 23 | | (c) This amendatory Act of the 103rd General Assembly |