civil action violation in Illinois

2024Id. at 774 . ¶ 30 Adopting the reasoning in Vermont Agency, the Court held that a qui tam claim is a partial assignment of the State’s claim under the qui tam provisions, permitting a private person to “ ‘bring a civil action for a violation of [the Act] for the person and for the State.’ (Emphasis added.) 740 ILCS 175/4(b)(1) (West 2002).” Scachitti, 215 Ill. 2d at 508 .

2020Id. at 774 . ¶ 65 Adopting the reasoning in Vermont Agency, this court held that a qui tam claim constitutes a partial assignment of the State’s claim under the False Claims Act, permitting a private person to “ ‘bring a civil action for a violation of the [False Claims Act] for the person and for the State.’ (Emphasis added.) 740 ILCS 175/4(b)(1) (West 2002).” Scachitti, 215 Ill. 2d at 508 .

1995The plaintiffs argued that, in addition to a claim under the Dramshop Act, the following remedies were available to them: (1) a civil action for a violation of a section of the Liquor Control Act that prohibited the sale, gift or delivery of alcoholic liquor " 'to any intoxicated person or to any person known *** to be an habitual drunkard, spendthrift, insane, mentally ill, mentally deficient or in need of mental treatment’ ” (Cunningham, 22 Ill. 2d at 24 , quoting Ill.

1995The plaintiffs argued that, in addition to a claim under the Dramshop Act, the following remedies were available to them: (1) a civil action for a violation of a section of the Liquor Control Act that prohibited the sale, gift or delivery of alcoholic liquor "`to any intoxicated person or to any person known * * * to be an habitual drunkard, spendthrift, insane, mentally ill, mentally deficient or in need of mental treatment'" ( Cunningham, 22 Ill.2d at 24 , 174 N.E.2d 153 , quoting Ill.Rev.Stat.1957, ch. 43, par. 131); and (2) a common law action against tavern operators who knowingly supply

2021In a dismissal provision substantially similar to the dismissal provision in section 4(c)(2)(A) of the False Claims Act, the Federal False Claims Act provides that the federal government may dismiss a qui tam action despite objections by the relator as long as the relator is notified and has been provided an opportunity for a hearing on the dismissal. 31 U.S.C. § 3730 (c)(2) (2018); Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corp., 369 Ill.