After a premises liability lawsuit in Illinois, you, as the plaintiff, may be able to recover some monetary damages. First, it is important to note that Illinois follows the law of modified contributory negligence. This means that if the court finds you a certain percentage “guilty” or at-fault for the accident, where you contributed to your injuries to a degree, you may only recover the percent in total damages that you were found not guilty. But, if the percentage that you were found guilty is 51% or higher, you cannot recover any amount of damages.
The types of damages that you may recover include special damages, which covers your compensatory damages. These are things such as medical expenses, lost wages, medications, therapies, property damage, and more. Also, there are general damages, which are known as the non-economic damages. This includes damages that are more subjective, such as pain and suffering, loss of consortium, emotional distress, and loss of enjoyment of normal life.
Further, the more specific damages are wrongful death damages and punitive damages. Wrongful death damages are often their own whole lawsuit. In the tragic event that a wrongful death resulted from this accident, you can recover damages for your claim. This may include things such as funeral and burial expenses, loss of income, loss of future income, and loss of consortium. Any losses that you have had to endure due to this unfortunate death may be able to be recovered after our attorneys can assess your case. Punitive damages are rarely seen in premises liability cases, but they are meant to be damages that are exclusively for the reason of punishing the defendant if they did something especially egregious and reckless in a gross negligence case.
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