SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Governor Rauner vetoed Senate Bill 2481 after 5:00 p.m. this past Friday. Senate Bill 2481 would have increased the awards cap from $100,000 to $2 million in tort cases before the Court of Claims. The bill included an effective date which would have allowed victims of the…
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Among the pieces of legislation inspired by the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at the veterans’ home in Quincy is a bill to raise the caps on tort awards in such cases. As the death toll from the illness at Quincy rose to thirteen, it came out that the victims’ survivors would…
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Senate Bill 2481 will attempt to respect the people who tragically and unnecessarily died at the Quincy Veterans Home while under state care. A WBEZ report stated: “In three straight years, legionellosis killed 13 people and sickened at least 61 residents and staff at the downstate veterans’ home, and the…
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