Topic:
Attorney's fees
(Kay, R-Glen Carbon) Authorizes the Illinois Supreme Court to adopt rules to promote the prompt, efficient, and cost-effective resolution of civil actions in which the amount in controversy is more than $10,000 but does not exceed $100,000. If a circuit court grants or denies, in whole or in part, a motion to dismiss because of the absence of a basis in law or fact for the action, then the court may award costs and reasonable and necessary attorney’s fees to the prevailing party in amounts that the court determines are equitable and just. Authorizes reasonable deposition fees to be recovered as costs. Scheduled for hearing this Wednesday in House Judiciary Committee (Civil).