Bill Text: IL SB2946 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the prohibition on the recovery of punitive damages in a legal malpractice action includes damages sought as compensatory damages which were assessed against the legal malpractice plaintiff or failed to be obtained by the legal malpractice plaintiff.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-19 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2946 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2946-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 SB2946 Introduced 1/31/2024, by Sen. Jil Tracy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
735 ILCS 5/2-1115 from Ch. 110, par. 2-1115
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that the prohibition on the recovery of punitive damages in a legal malpractice action includes damages sought as compensatory damages which were assessed against the legal malpractice plaintiff or failed to be obtained by the legal malpractice plaintiff.
LRB103 38319 JRC 68454 b
A BILL FOR
SB2946 LRB103 38319 JRC 68454 b
AN ACT concerning civil law.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Code of Civil Procedure is amended by
changing Section 2-1115 as follows: