Joint and several liability rule · Illinois
For Joint and several liability rule · Illinois, state is Illinois; rule type is Joint and several liability rule; joint liability fault threshold is 25 percent or more; statutory citation is 735 Illinois Compiled Statutes § 5/2-1117, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Illinois our reading
- Rule type
- Joint and several liability rule our reading
- Joint liability rule
- Several liability only when a defendant is 25 percent or more at fault. Exception: environmental polluters and negligent parties in medical malpractice actions are always joint and severally liable. verified
- Joint liability fault threshold
- 25 percent or more verified
- Statutory citation
- 735 Illinois Compiled Statutes § 5/2-1117. verified
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What the source says
Several liability only when a defendant is 25 percent or more at fault. Exception: environmental polluters and negligent parties in medical malpractice actions are always joint and severally liable. 735 Illinois Compiled Statutes § 5/2-1117.
— ama-assn.org, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- ama-assn.orghttps://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/mlr-state-laws-chart-I.pdf