Full Text of SB0725 100th General Assembly
SB0725 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 SB0725 Introduced 1/30/2017, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 735 ILCS 5/2-1117 | from Ch. 110, par. 2-1117 | 740 ILCS 100/3 | from Ch. 70, par. 303 | 740 ILCS 100/4 rep. | |
| Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Deletes language providing for joint and several liability in actions on account of bodily injury or death or physical damage to property, based on negligence, or product liability based on strict tort liability. Adds language providing that in such actions in which recovery is predicated upon fault, each defendant found liable is liable for only that percentage of the plaintiff's damages that represents the contributory fault chargeable to that defendant in the comparison of the plaintiff's fault with the fault of all tortfeasors whose fault was a proximate cause of the death, injury, loss, or damage for which recovery is sought. Provides that except 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 or damage for which recovery is sought, the plaintiff is barred from recovering damages from a defendant in excess of the amount of damages obtained by applying the percentage of contributing fault of that defendant to the amount of the plaintiff's damages. Provides that no defendant is jointly and severally liable for a plaintiff's damages. Amends the Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act by deleting and repealing certain provisions regarding (i) contribution if the obligation of one or more of the joint tortfeasors is uncollectable and (ii) a plaintiff's right to recover the full amount of his judgment from any one or more defendants.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning civil law.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by | 5 | | changing Section 2-1117 as follows:
| 6 | | (735 ILCS 5/2-1117) (from Ch. 110, par. 2-1117)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-1117. Liability
Joint liability . Except as provided | 8 | | in Section 2-1118,
in actions on account of bodily injury or | 9 | | death or physical damage to
property, based on negligence, or | 10 | | product liability based on strict tort
liability in which | 11 | | recovery is predicated upon fault, each defendant found liable, | 12 | | as determined by the trier of fact, is liable for only that | 13 | | percentage of the plaintiff's damages, as determined by the | 14 | | trier of fact, that represents the contributory fault | 15 | | chargeable to that defendant in the comparison of the | 16 | | plaintiff's fault with the fault of all tortfeasors whose fault | 17 | | was a proximate cause of the death, injury, loss, or damage for | 18 | | which recovery is sought. Except when the plaintiff is barred | 19 | | from recovering damages because the trier of fact finds that | 20 | | the contributory fault on the part of the plaintiff is more | 21 | | than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for | 22 | | which recovery is sought, the plaintiff shall be barred from | 23 | | recovering damages from a defendant that are in excess of the |
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| 1 | | amount of damages obtained by applying the percentage of | 2 | | contributing fault of that defendant to the amount of the | 3 | | plaintiff's damages, as determined by the trier of fact. No | 4 | | defendant shall be jointly and severally liable for a | 5 | | plaintiff's damages. , all defendants found liable are jointly | 6 | | and
severally liable for plaintiff's past and future medical | 7 | | and medically
related expenses. Any defendant whose fault, as | 8 | | determined by the
trier of fact, is less than 25% of the total | 9 | | fault attributable to the
plaintiff, the defendants sued by the | 10 | | plaintiff, and any third party
defendant except the plaintiff's | 11 | | employer, shall be severally
liable for all other damages. Any | 12 | | defendant whose fault, as
determined by the trier of fact, is | 13 | | 25% or greater of the total fault
attributable to the | 14 | | plaintiff, the defendants sued by the plaintiff, and
any third | 15 | | party defendants except the plaintiff's employer, shall
be | 16 | | jointly and severally liable for all other damages.
| 17 | | (Source: P.A. 93-10, eff. 6-4-03; 93-12, eff. 6-4-03.)
| 18 | | Section 10. The Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act is | 19 | | amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
| 20 | | (740 ILCS 100/3) (from Ch. 70, par. 303)
| 21 | | Sec. 3. Amount of Contribution. The pro rata share of each | 22 | | tortfeasor shall
be determined in accordance with his relative | 23 | | culpability. However, no
person shall be required to contribute | 24 | | to one seeking contribution an amount
greater than his pro rata |
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| 1 | | share unless the obligation of one or more of
the joint | 2 | | tortfeasors is uncollectable. In that event, the remaining | 3 | | tortfeasors
shall share the unpaid portions of the | 4 | | uncollectable obligation in accordance
with their pro rata | 5 | | liability .
| 6 | | If equity requires, the collective liability of some as a | 7 | | group shall constitute
a single share.
| 8 | | (Source: P.A. 81-601.)
| 9 | | (740 ILCS 100/4 rep.)
| 10 | | Section 15. The Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act is | 11 | | amended by repealing Section 4.
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