Illinois Compiled Statutes
735 ILCS 5/8-2201 (2026)
Admissibility of coroner's records
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(735 ILCS 5/8-2201)
(from Ch. 110, par. 8-2201)
Sec. 8-2201.
Admissibility of coroner's records.
In actions or proceedings
for the recovery of damages arising from or growing out of
injuries caused by the negligence of any person, firm or corporation
resulting in the death of any person or for the collection of a policy
of insurance, neither the coroner's verdict returned upon the
inquisition, nor a copy thereof, shall be admissible
as evidence to prove or establish any of the facts in controversy in
such action or proceeding.
(Source: P.A. 82-280.)
(735 ILCS 5/Art. VIII Pt. 23 heading) Part 23.
Perpetuating Testimony
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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1997–2024 · leading case: Wilson v. Dande, 2024 IL App (5th) 220552 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024).
Wilson v. Dande, 2024 IL App (5th) 220552 (Ill. App. Ct. 2024). “” 735 ILCS 5/8-2201 (West 2020). 24 entirely inadmissible in all civil proceedings for damages.”
Steward v. Crissell (Ill. App. Ct. 1997). “735 ILCS 5/8-2201 (West 1994). Until 1982 the legislature also made the coroner's toxicology reports inadmissible in civil trials, but the legislature then eliminated the statute specifically restricting use of toxicology reports and added a provision to "An Act in regard to…”
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