Slip and fall settlement guide for Illinois
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Published April 7, 2026 • Updated May 16, 2026 • By DocketMath Team
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Illinois comparative fault rule
The controlling primary authority for US-IL damages allocation authority (735 ILCS 5/2-1116) is 735.
735. In all actions on account of bodily injury or death or physical damage to property, based on negligence, or product liability based on strict tort liability, the plaintiff shall be barred from recovering damages if the trier of fact finds that the contributory fault on the part of the plaintiff is more than 50% of the proximate cause of the injury or damage for which recovery is sought.
Source-backed allocation summary
US-IL damages allocation controlling authority under 735 ILCS 5/2-1116.
This source-backed page does not certify limitation periods, damages caps, case-law exceptions, or calculator formula assumptions beyond the quoted statutory allocation rule.
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Sources
All sources are official primary law published by www.ilga.gov.
Corroboration method: government_primary_source_direct_fetch.