(820 ILCS 310/11) (from Ch. 48, par. 172.46)
Sec. 11. Measure of liability. Except as provided in Section 1.1, the compensation herein provided for shall be the full, complete
and only measure of the liability of the employer bound by election under
this Act and such employer's liability for compensation and medical
benefits under this Act shall be exclusive and in place of any and all
other civil liability whatsoever, at common law or otherwise, to any
employee or his legal representative on account of damage, disability or
death caused or contributed to by any disease contracted or sustained in
the course of the employment.
(Source: P.A. 101-6, eff. 5-17-19.)
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