| | | | Title: | | | | | Volume/Number: | 2010 February 4 | | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | | Description: | Direct appeal from the circuit court of Cook County. CHIEF JUSTICE FITZGERALD delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion. Justices Freeman, Kilbride and Burke concurred in the judgment and opinion. Justice Karmeier concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion, joined by Justice Garman. Justice Thomas took no part in the decision. In 2005, a statutory provision, part of Public Act 94677, took effect in Illinois that places limits on awards for noneconomic damages, such as pain and suffering, in medical malpractice cases. | | | | Date Created: | 02 04 2010 | | | | Agency ID: | 105741 and 105745 cons. | | | | ISL ID: | 000000026881 Original UID: 12780 FIRST WORD: Lebron | |
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