Legal Opinion
Lebron v. Gottlieb Memorial Hospital
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided February 4, 2010No. 105741, 105745 consPublishedCited by 164 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Fitzgerald
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.
OPINION
At issue in this appeal is the constitutionality of section 2 — 1706.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure (Code) (735 ILCS 5/2 — 1706.5 (West 2008)), which was adopted as part of Public Act 94 — 677 (Act) (see Pub. Act 94 — 677, §330, eff. August 25, 2005). Section 2 — 1706.5 sets certain caps on noneconomic damages in medical malpractice cases. Relying on this court’s decision…
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