Bill Status of HB 5795   96th General Assembly


Short Description:  CIV PRO-JNT SEVERALLY LIABLE

House Sponsors
Rep. Ron Stephens

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
735 ILCS 5/2-1117from Ch. 110, par. 2-1117
740 ILCS 100/3from Ch. 70, par. 303
740 ILCS 100/4 rep.

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in actions arising out of bodily injury, death, or damage to property based on negligence or product liability based on strict tort liability there will not be joint and several liability, rather when more than one defendant is found to be liable, a defendant will only be liable for that percentage of the plaintiff's damages, found by the trier of fact, that the defendant's percentage of contributory fault, found by the trier of fact, represents. Provides that those provisions do not apply when the plaintiff is barred from recovering damages because the plaintiff's contributory fault is more than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury, death, or damage to property. Amends the Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act requiring, in the event that the obligation of one or more tortfeasors is uncollectible, the remaining tortfeasors to share, pro rata, the unpaid portion. Repeals Section stating that a plaintiff's right to recover the full amount of his or her tort judgment from any one or more defendants is unaffected by the Contribution Act.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/10/2010HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Ron Stephens
  2/10/2010HouseFirst Reading
  2/10/2010HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  5/25/2010HouseMotion Filed to Discharge Rules Committee Rep. William B. Black
  5/25/2010HouseObjects to Motion Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie
  5/25/2010HouseChair Rules Motion Lost
  5/25/2010HouseMotion Discharge Committee Lost
  5/25/2010HouseAppeal Ruling of Chair Rep. William B. Black
  5/25/2010HouseShall the Chair be Sustained
  5/25/2010HouseMotion to Sustain the Chair - Prevailed 068-048-000
  1/11/2011HouseSession Sine Die

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