Bill Text: IL HB1775 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Attorneys Lien Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the creation of liens.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB1775 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB1775-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 Attorneys Lien Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Section 1 as follows:
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| 6 | (770 ILCS 5/1) (from Ch. 13, par. 14)
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| 7 | Sec. 1.
Attorneys at law shall have a lien upon all claims, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | demands and
and
causes of action, including all claims for | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | unliquidated damages, which may
be placed in their hands by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | their clients for suit or collection, or upon
which suit or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | action has been instituted, for the amount of any fee which
may | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | have been agreed upon by and between such attorneys and their | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | clients,
or, in the absence of such agreement, for a reasonable | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | fee, for the
services of such suits, claims, demands or causes | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | of action, plus costs
and expenses.
In the case of a claim, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | demand, or cause of action with respect to which
the total | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | amount of all liens under the Health Care
Services Lien Act | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | meets or exceeds 40% of the sum paid or due the injured
person, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | the total amount of all liens under this Act shall not exceed | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | 30% of
the
sum
paid or due the injured person.
All
attorneys | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | shall share proportionate amounts within this statutory | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | limitation.
If an appeal is taken by any party to a suit based | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | on the claim or cause of
action, however,
the attorney's lien | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | shall not
be affected or limited by the provisions of this Act. | ||||||
| 2 | To enforce such lien, such attorneys shall serve notice in
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| 3 | writing, which service may be made by registered or certified | ||||||
| 4 | mail, upon
the party against whom their clients may have such | ||||||
| 5 | suits, claims or causes
of action, claiming such lien and | ||||||
| 6 | stating therein the interest they have in
such suits, claims, | ||||||
| 7 | demands or causes of action. Such lien shall attach to
any | ||||||
| 8 | verdict, judgment or order entered and to any money or property | ||||||
| 9 | which
may be recovered, on account of such suits, claims, | ||||||
| 10 | demands or causes of
action, from and after the time of service | ||||||
| 11 | of the notice. On petition
filed by such attorneys or their | ||||||
| 12 | clients any court of competent
jurisdiction shall, on not less | ||||||
| 13 | than 5 days' notice to the
adverse party, adjudicate the rights | ||||||
| 14 | of the parties and enforce
the lien.
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| 15 | (Source: P.A. 93-51, eff. 7-1-03.)
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