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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 Sections 2-403 and 2-606 and by adding Section 2-201.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | (735 ILCS 5/2-201.1 new) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Sec. 2-201.1. Multiple actions for damages. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Any person who files more than 10 civil actions in a | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | calendar year seeking money damages against natural persons | |||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | shall attach the following notice to the summons:
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12 | NOTICE REQUIRED BY ILLINOIS LAW | |||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | 1. GET ADVICE: Get professional advice from a lawyer | |||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | about your rights and
options. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | 2. LAWYER: If you do not have a lawyer, you may be able | |||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | to find assistance by contacting the Illinois State Bar | |||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Association or a legal aid organization that provides free | |||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | legal assistance. Legal aid organizations in your | |||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | jurisdiction include: |
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1 | (A) In Cook County: | ||||||
2 | Legal Assistance Foundation of Metropolitan | ||||||
3 | Chicago | ||||||
4 | 111 W. Jackson Boulevard | ||||||
5 | Chicago, IL 60604 | ||||||
6 | 1-312-341-1070 | ||||||
7 | Coordinated Advice and Referral Program for | ||||||
8 | Legal Services | ||||||
9 | 1-312-738-9200 | ||||||
10 | (B) Northern Illinois other than Cook County | ||||||
11 | Prairie State Legal Services | ||||||
12 | 1-800-531-7057 | ||||||
13 | (C) Central and Southern Illinois | ||||||
14 | 1-618-394-7300,
1-877-342-7891 | ||||||
15 | (b) If the action is based on an assigned claim, the notice | ||||||
16 | shall also state: | ||||||
17 | 3. ASSIGNED CLAIMS: The law allows the assignee of a | ||||||
18 | debt to sue to collect it.
The assignee is required to | ||||||
19 | state how and when the plaintiff and any prior assignee | ||||||
20 | acquired the debt. A written assignment must be attached to |
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1 | the complaint as an exhibit or recited therein. You have | ||||||
2 | the right to a copy of all assignments of the debt for | ||||||
3 | which you are sued.
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4 | (735 ILCS 5/2-403) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-403)
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5 | Sec. 2-403. Who may be plaintiff - Assignments - | ||||||
6 | Subrogation. (a) The assignee and owner of a non-negotiable | ||||||
7 | chose in action may
sue thereon in his or her own name. Such | ||||||
8 | person shall in his or her pleading
on oath allege
that he or | ||||||
9 | she is the actual bona fide owner thereof . An assignee shall , | ||||||
10 | and set forth how and
when he or she and any prior assignee | ||||||
11 | acquired title to the chose in action . The action is subject to | ||||||
12 | any defense or
set-off
existing before notice of the | ||||||
13 | assignment. A court shall not enter a judgment on an assigned | ||||||
14 | claim without finding that this Section has been complied with. | ||||||
15 | This Section applies to all cases including small claims.
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16 | (b) In all cases in which the chose in action consists of | ||||||
17 | wages due
or to become due to the assignor thereof from the | ||||||
18 | defendant in the
action, at least 5 days' written notice of the | ||||||
19 | pendency of the action
shall be served upon the assignor, | ||||||
20 | before the trial of the same. Upon
application of the assignor | ||||||
21 | of the chose in action the court shall allow
him or her to | ||||||
22 | intervene and be made a party to the action.
The assignor, or | ||||||
23 | the
defendant to the action on behalf of the assignor, shall be | ||||||
24 | allowed to set
up or affirmatively maintain any just setoff, | ||||||
25 | discount or defense which
the assignor may have to the |
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1 | assignment of the chose in action, or to the
indebtedness, the | ||||||
2 | payment of which is secured by the assignment of the chose
in | ||||||
3 | action. The
court, by jury or otherwise, shall ascertain the | ||||||
4 | amount of the
indebtedness remaining due and unpaid from the | ||||||
5 | assignor to the assignee
of the chose in action. The judgment, | ||||||
6 | if any, against the defendant
shall not exceed the amount so | ||||||
7 | found to be due and unpaid from the
assignor to the assignee of | ||||||
8 | the chose in action. Judgment for the
balance, if any, | ||||||
9 | remaining due from the defendant, upon the assigned
chose in | ||||||
10 | action, shall be rendered in favor of the assignor and against
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11 | the defendant in the action or proceeding. The court may
enter | ||||||
12 | any order
as to costs in the proceeding that may be equitable.
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13 | (c) Any action hereafter brought by virtue of the | ||||||
14 | subrogation
provision of any contract or by virtue of | ||||||
15 | subrogation by operation of
law shall be brought either in the | ||||||
16 | name or for the use of the subrogee;
and the subrogee shall in | ||||||
17 | his or her pleading on oath,
or by his or her
affidavit if | ||||||
18 | pleading is not required, allege that he or she is the actual | ||||||
19 | bona
fide subrogee and set forth how and when he or she became | ||||||
20 | subrogee.
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21 | (d) A judgment in an action brought and conducted by a | ||||||
22 | subrogee by
virtue of the subrogation provision of any contract | ||||||
23 | or by virtue of any
subrogation by operation of law, whether in | ||||||
24 | the name of the subrogor or
otherwise, is not a bar or a | ||||||
25 | determination on the merits of the case or
any aspect thereof | ||||||
26 | in an action by the subrogor to recover upon any
other cause of |
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1 | action arising out of the same transaction or series of
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2 | transactions.
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3 | (Source: P.A. 83-707.)
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4 | (735 ILCS 5/2-606) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-606)
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5 | Sec. 2-606. Exhibits. If a claim or defense is founded upon | ||||||
6 | a written instrument, a copy
thereof, or of so much of the same | ||||||
7 | as is relevant, must be attached to
the pleading as an exhibit | ||||||
8 | or recited therein, unless the pleader
attaches to his or her | ||||||
9 | pleading an affidavit stating facts showing that the
instrument | ||||||
10 | is not accessible to him or her. In pleading any written | ||||||
11 | instrument
a copy thereof may be attached to the pleading as an | ||||||
12 | exhibit. In either
case the exhibit constitutes a part of the | ||||||
13 | pleading for all purposes. A written assignment that is | ||||||
14 | necessary to entitle the pleader to assert a claim is a | ||||||
15 | document on which the claim is founded. If recited in the | ||||||
16 | complaint a copy must be provided to the defendant upon | ||||||
17 | request. This Section applies to all cases, including small | ||||||
18 | claims.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 82-280.)
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