Topic:
Statute of limitation for pollutants
(Sullivan, D-Quincy; Currie, D-Chicago) amends the Code of Civil Procedure to make an exception to the 10-year statute of limitation for personal injuries or death caused by the discharge into the environment of any pollutant. This would include any waste, hazardous substance, irritant, or contaminant (including but not limited to, smoke, vapor, soot, fumes, acids, alkalis, asbestos, toxic or corrosive chemicals, radioactive waste or mine tailings.). Scheduled for hearing Dec. 1 in House Judiciary Committee.