Designates the I-70 Mississippi River Bridge connecting Illinois to Missouri that is to be constructed at a later date, upon approval of the Illinois and Missouri State legislatures, as the Veterans Bridge.
Designates the I-70 Mississippi River Bridge connecting Illinois to Missouri that is to be constructed at a later date, upon approval of the Illinois and Missouri State legislatures, as the Veterans Bridge.
Re-enacts and changes various provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to product liability actions that were added by Public Act 89-7, which was held to be void in its entirety by the Illinois Supreme Court in Best v. Taylor Machine Works, 179 Ill. 2d 367 (1997). Effective immediately.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in actions arising out of bodily injury, death, or damage to property based on negligence or product liability based on strict tort liability there will not be joint and several liability, rather when more than one defendant is found to be liable, a defendant will only be liable for that percentage of the plaintiff's damages, found by the trier of fact, that the defendant's percentage of contributory fault, found by the trier of fact, represents. Amends the Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act requiring, in the event that the obligation of one or more tortfeasors is uncollectible, the remaining tortfeasors to share, pro rata, the unpaid portion. Repeals Section stating that a plaintiff's right to recover the full amount of his or her tort judgment from any one or more defendants is unaffected by the Contribution Act.
Appropriates $3,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Children and Family Services for increased training for child welfare investigators at the Department. Effective July 1, 2007.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Increases the basic amount of the standard exemption, annually, by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for the previous calendar year. Effective immediately.
Appropriates $1,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Children and Family Services for hiring new child welfare investigators and related staff at the Department. Effective July 1, 2007.
Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that in any case in which the plaintiff makes a claim based upon exposure to asbestos, the following issues are relevant to the determination of liability and damages, the court shall allow the parties to present evidence concerning these issues, and the trier of fact shall determine liability and damages based on these issues, together with any other relevant issues: (1) whether the plaintiff had exposure to any asbestos manufactured by, processed by, or otherwise associated with any entity other than the defendant; (2) whether the plaintiff's exposure to asbestos was to asbestos exclusively manufactured by, processed by, or otherwise associated with the defendant; and (3) whether there is a causal relationship between the plaintiff's alleged injuries and the asbestos manufactured by, processed by, or otherwise associated with the defendant. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State goals and assessment.
Amends the Shaken Baby Prevention Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
