Bill Text: IL HB4968 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Wrongful Death Act. Allows for the recovery of punitive damages in a wrongful death action.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-04-03 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. [HB4968 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB4968-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,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Wrongful Death Act is amended by changing | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Section 1 as follows:
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6 | (740 ILCS 180/1) (from Ch. 70, par. 1)
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7 | (Text of Section WITHOUT the changes made by P.A. 89-7, | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | which has been held
unconstitutional)
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9 | Sec. 1.
Whenever the death of a person shall be caused
by | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | default is
such as would, if death had not ensued, have | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | entitled the party injured to
maintain an action and recover | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | damages , including punitive damages, in respect thereof, then | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | and in
every such case the person who or company or corporation | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | which would have
been liable if death had not ensued, shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | liable to an action for
damages, including punitive damages, | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | notwithstanding the death of the person injured, and although | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | the
death shall have been caused under such circumstances as | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | amount in law to
felony.
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20 | (Source: Laws 1853, p. 97.)
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