Business groups opposed to prejudgement litigation bill

By Washington Examiner

Published February 2, 2021 3:30pm ET

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Business groups opposed to prejudgement litigation bill — In this March 7, 2013 photo, Illinois state Sens. Jason Barickman, R-Bloomington, right, and Jim Oberweis, R-North Aurora, chat on the Senate floor at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. On Saturday, March 9, 2013, the Illinois Republican Party's state central committee will hold a special meeting where they are expected to fire party Chairman Pat Brady, in large part because he spoke out in favor of a bill to end Illinois' ban on gay marriage. And two county-level Republican party committees have passed resolutions against Barickman, the only Republican to vote yes for the bill in the Illinois Senate last month. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman) | Seth Perlman

A bill that would allow victims in all personal injury and wrongful death cases to collect 9% interest on money they were awarded by a court starting when the incident took place is under fire.

HB 3360 was designed to deter companies that are sued from stalling or delaying cases that would be successful at trial, according to the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, a major force behind the bill.

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