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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 Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | changing Section 2-1116 as follows:
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| 6 | (735 ILCS 5/2-1116) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1116)
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| 7 | (Text of Section WITH the changes made by P.A. 89-7, which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | has been held
unconstitutional)
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| 9 | Sec. 2-1116. Limitation on recovery in tort actions; fault.
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| 10 | (a) The
The purpose of this Section is to allocate the
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| 11 | responsibility of bearing or paying damages in actions brought | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | on account of
death, bodily injury, or physical damage to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | property according to
the proportionate fault of the persons | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | who proximately caused the damage. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | (b) As used in this Section:
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| 16 | "Fault" means any act or omission that (i) is negligent, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | willful and
wanton,
or
reckless, is a breach of an express or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | implied warranty, gives rise to strict
liability in tort, or | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | gives rise to liability under the provisions of any State
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| 20 | statute, rule, or local ordinance and (ii) is a proximate cause | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | of death,
bodily injury to person, or physical damage to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | property for
which recovery is sought.
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| 23 | "Contributory fault" means any fault on the part of the | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | plaintiff
(including but not limited to negligence, assumption | ||||||
| 2 | of the risk,
or willful and wanton misconduct) which is a
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| 3 | proximate cause of the death, bodily injury to person, or
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| 4 | physical damage to property for which recovery is sought.
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| 5 | "Tortfeasor" means any person, excluding the injured | ||||||
| 6 | person, whose fault is a
proximate cause of the death, bodily | ||||||
| 7 | injury to person, or
physical damage to
property for which | ||||||
| 8 | recovery is sought, regardless of whether that person is the
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| 9 | plaintiff's employer, regardless
of whether that person is | ||||||
| 10 | joined as a party to the action, and regardless of
whether that | ||||||
| 11 | person may have settled with the plaintiff.
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| 12 | (c) In all actions on account of death, bodily injury or | ||||||
| 13 | physical damage to
property in which recovery is predicated | ||||||
| 14 | upon fault, the contributory fault chargeable to the plaintiff | ||||||
| 15 | shall be
compared with the
fault of all tortfeasors whose fault | ||||||
| 16 | was a proximate cause of the death,
injury, loss, or
damage for | ||||||
| 17 | which recovery is sought. The plaintiff
shall be barred from | ||||||
| 18 | recovering damages if the trier of fact finds that the
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| 19 | contributory fault on the part of the plaintiff is more than | ||||||
| 20 | 50% of
the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which | ||||||
| 21 | recovery is sought.
The plaintiff shall not be barred from | ||||||
| 22 | recovering damages if the trier of
fact finds that the | ||||||
| 23 | contributory fault on the part of the plaintiff is not
more | ||||||
| 24 | than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for | ||||||
| 25 | which recovery
is sought,
but any economic or non-economic | ||||||
| 26 | damages allowed shall be diminished in the
proportion to the | ||||||
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| 1 | amount
of fault attributable to the plaintiff.
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| 2 | (d) Nothing in this Section shall be construed
to create a | ||||||
| 3 | cause of action.
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| 4 | (e) This amendatory Act of 1995 applies to causes of action | ||||||
| 5 | accruing
on or after its effective date.
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| 6 | (Source: P.A. 89-7, eff. 3-9-95.)
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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. 2-1116. Limitation on recovery in tort actions.
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| 10 | In all actions on account of bodily injury
or death or | ||||||
| 11 | physical damage to
property, based on negligence,
or product | ||||||
| 12 | liability based on strict tort
liability, the plaintiff
shall | ||||||
| 13 | be barred from recovering damages if the trier of fact finds | ||||||
| 14 | that the
contributory fault on the part of the plaintiff is | ||||||
| 15 | more than 50% of
the proximate cause of the injury or damage | ||||||
| 16 | for which recovery is sought.
The plaintiff shall not be barred | ||||||
| 17 | from recovering damages if the trier of
fact finds that the | ||||||
| 18 | contributory fault on the part of the plaintiff is not
more | ||||||
| 19 | than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for | ||||||
| 20 | which recovery
is sought, but any damages allowed shall be | ||||||
| 21 | diminished in the
proportion to the amount
of fault | ||||||
| 22 | attributable to the plaintiff.
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| 23 | (Source: P.A. 84-1431.)
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