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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB2509 Introduced 2/9/2016, by Sen. Terry Link SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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755 ILCS 5/27-6 | from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 27-6 |
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Amends the Probate Act of 1975. Provides that a claim for punitive damages survives in an action that survives.
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| | SB2509 | | LRB099 17097 HEP 41455 b |
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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 Probate Act of 1975 is amended by changing |
| 5 | | Section 27-6 as follows:
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| 6 | | (755 ILCS 5/27-6) (from Ch. 110 1/2, par. 27-6)
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| 7 | | Sec. 27-6.
Actions which survive.) In addition to the |
| 8 | | actions which survive
by the common law, the following also |
| 9 | | survive: actions of replevin,
actions to recover damages for an |
| 10 | | injury to the person (except slander
and libel), actions to |
| 11 | | recover damages for an injury to real or personal property
or |
| 12 | | for the detention or conversion of personal property, actions |
| 13 | | against officers
for misfeasance, malfeasance, nonfeasance of |
| 14 | | themselves or their deputies,
actions for fraud or deceit, and |
| 15 | | actions provided in Section 6-21 of
"An Act relating to |
| 16 | | alcoholic liquors". A claim for punitive damages survives in an |
| 17 | | action that survives under this Section.
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| 18 | | (Source: P.A. 82-783.)
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