(815 ILCS 340/8) (from Ch. 5, par. 1558)
Sec. 8.
Any claim by a consumer which is found by the court to have
been filed in bad faith or solely for the purpose of harassment, or in
complete absence of a justifiable issue of either law or fact raised by the
consumer, shall result in the consumer being liable for all costs and
reasonable attorney's fees incurred by the manufacturer or its agent, as a
direct result of the bad faith claim.
(Source: P.A. 85-894.)
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