Bill Text: IL HB4992 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-05 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4992 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4992-Introduced.html
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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 |
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