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Illinois Wrongful Death: A Northern Virginia Family’s Guide
A Northern Virginia family's guide to wrongful death claims in Illinois. I walk readers through the Illinois Wrongful Death Act at 740 ILCS 180/1 et seq. (with the 2007 amendment adding grief and mental suffering damages), the parallel Survival Act at 755 ILCS 5/27-6, the post-Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital absence of any medmal noneconomic damages cap, the 51-percent modified comparative fault bar at 735 ILCS 5/2-1116, the punitive damages framework at 735 ILCS 5/2-1115 with its statutory exclusion of medical malpractice cases, the Tort Immunity Act at 745 ILCS 10, the Illinois Court of Claims $100,000 cap framework, and how NoVA-to-Illinois travel ties produce cross-jurisdictional cases.
