Although Illinois has a reputation as a plaintiff friendly state, the reality is that suing the State of Illinois for negligence has been very difficult.  That is because in 1971 a cap was put on lawsuits against the State that limited your recovery to $100,000.00.  The cap has not gone up for inflation or any other reason since 1971.  So a drunk Illinois State police officer in his work car could rear end you and kill your family and the value of the case would be $100,000.00.

The State also made it so you can’t sue in regular court, but…
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