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720 ILCS 5/11-1.80

    (720 ILCS 5/11-1.80) (was 720 ILCS 5/12-18.1)
    Sec. 11-1.80. Civil Liability.
    (a) If any person has been convicted of any offense defined in Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or 12-16 of this Act, a victim of such offense has a cause of action for damages against any person or entity who, by the manufacture, production, or wholesale distribution of any obscene material which was possessed or viewed by the person convicted of the offense, proximately caused such person, through his or her reading or viewing of the obscene material, to commit the violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or 12-16. No victim may recover in any such action unless he or she proves by a preponderance of the evidence that: (1) the reading or viewing of the specific obscene material manufactured, produced, or distributed wholesale by the defendant proximately caused the person convicted of the violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, or 12-16 to commit such violation and (2) the defendant knew or had reason to know that the manufacture, production, or wholesale distribution of such material was likely to cause a violation of an offense substantially of the type enumerated.
    (b) The manufacturer, producer or wholesale distributor shall be liable to the victim for:
        (1) actual damages incurred by the victim, including
    
medical costs;
        (2) court costs and reasonable attorneys fees;
        (3) infliction of emotional distress;
        (4) pain and suffering; and
        (5) loss of consortium.
    (c) Every action under this Section shall be commenced within 3 years after the conviction of the defendant for a violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-15 or 12-16 of this Code. However, if the victim was under the age of 18 years at the time of the conviction of the defendant for a violation of Section 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15 or 12-16 of this Code, an action under this Section shall be commenced within 3 years after the victim attains the age of 18 years.
    (d) For the purposes of this Section:
        (1) "obscene" has the meaning ascribed to it in
    
subsection (b) of Section 11-20 of this Code;
        (2) "wholesale distributor" means any individual,
    
partnership, corporation, association, or other legal entity which stands between the manufacturer and the retail seller in purchases, consignments, contracts for sale or rental of the obscene material;
        (3) "producer" means any individual, partnership,
    
corporation, association, or other legal entity which finances or supervises, to any extent, the production or making of obscene material;
        (4) "manufacturer" means any individual, partnership,
    
corporation, association, or other legal entity which manufacturers, assembles or produces obscene material.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, Article 2, Section 5, eff. 7-1-11; 96-1551, Article 2, Section 1035, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1109, eff. 1-1-13.)