Lara Lickhalter (Partner-Chicago, IL) and Justin Dobek (Of Counsel-Chicago, IL) collaborated on “Punitive Damages Amendment Seeks to Provide Statutory Authority Altering the Landscape of Wrongful Death Recovery,” which appeared in the June 2023 posting of the International Association of Defense Counsel’s Transportation Committee Newsletter.

The article addresses proposed legislation for changes in recovery for wrongful death in Illinois. According to the authors, “The precise constitutional and economic impacts of uncapped punitive damages in Illinois wrongful death actions remain to be seen, but this much is clear: a plaintiff’s ability to recover both compensatory and punitive damages in a wrongful death action will dramatically increase the exposure for Illinois businesses, increase the value of claims at settlement and impact claims administration as a whole.”

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This article is reprinted in the August 2, 2023, Lawyers' Forum of the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.