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745 ILCS 10/1-101 (2026)

This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act"

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(745 ILCS 10/1-101) (from Ch. 85, par. 1-101)
    Sec. 1-101. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act".
(Source: Laws 1965, p. 2983.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 270 cases (67 in the last 5 years), 1993–2026 · leading case: Vill. of Bloomingdale v. CDG Enter., Inc., 752 N.E.2d 1090 (Ill. 2001).
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Vill. of Bloomingdale v. CDG Enter., Inc., 752 N.E.2d 1090 (Ill. 2001). · cites it 2× “First, whether the Illinois Constitution permits imposition of the common law "corrupt or malicious motives" exception to certain immunities afforded by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Tort Immunity Act or Act) (745 ILCS 10/1-101 et seq.…”
Coleman v. East Joliet Fire Prot. Dist., 2016 IL 117952 (Ill. 2016). · cites it 3× “Defendants East Joliet Fire Protection District and its employees, Helis and Mazor; as well as Will County, and its employee, Zan, also asserted absolute immunity under various sections of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/1-101 et…”
Leone v. City of Chicago, 619 N.E.2d 119 (Ill. 1993). · cites it 4× “That Act provides that a "[l]ocal public entity," which includes a municipality (745 ILCS 10/1-206 (West 1992)), is not liable for failure to provide adequate police protection (745 ILCS 10/4-102 (West 1992)) or for injury resulting from an act or omission of a public employee…”
Barnett v. Zion Park Dist., 665 N.E.2d 808 (Ill. 1996). · cites it 2× “In response to Molitor, the legislature in 1965 enacted the Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/1-101 et seq. (West 1992)). Also, the 1970 Illinois Constitution abolishes the doctrine of sovereign immunity, except as the legislature may provide by statute.”
Harinek v. 161 North Clark Street Ltd. P'ship, 692 N.E.2d 1177 (Ill. 1998). · cites it 2× “In response to Molitor, the General Assembly in 1965 enacted the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (745 ILCS 10/1-101 et seq. (West 1994)). The Act adopted the general principle from Molitor that local governmental units are liable in tort, but…”
Zimmerman v. Vill. of Skokie, 697 N.E.2d 699 (Ill. 1998). · cites it 2× “Defendants contend that when the special duty doctrine operates to nullify the immunities and defenses available under the Tort Immunity Act, two provisions of the Illinois Constitution of 1970 are violated: article XIII, section 4, which provides that the doctrine of sovereign…”
Doe-3 v. McLean Cnty. Unit Dist. No. 5 Bd. of Directors, 2012 IL 112479 (Ill. 2012). “¶ 10 Defendants also argued that plaintiffs’ claims against the individual McLean administrators should be dismissed pursuant to section 2-619 (735 ILCS 5/2-619 (West 2010)) because those claims were barred by the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act…”
In Re Chicago Flood Litig., 680 N.E.2d 265 (Ill. 1997). “308):(1) whether the City's proprietary use of the tunnel precludes immunity under the Tort Immunity Act; (2) whether the Tort Immunity Act immunizes any of the City's alleged failures to adequately contract for, supervise, or monitor the river piling work; and (3) whether the…”
DeSMET EX REL. v. Cnty. of Rock Island, 848 N.E.2d 1030 (Ill. 2006). “All defendants moved to dismiss, arguing that they owed no duty to Hays and they were, in any event, immune under the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Act) (745 ILCS 10/1-101 et seq. (West 2002)). Although the defendants raised the applicability…”
Michigan Avenue Nat'l Bank v. Cnty. of Cook, 732 N.E.2d 528 (Ill. 2000). “Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court: At issue in this appeal is whether defendants, a local public entity and its employees, are immune from liability under sections 6-105 and 6-106 of the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act (Tort…”
Carver v. Sheriff of La Salle Cnty., 787 N.E.2d 127 (Ill. 2003). “ANALYSIS We are asked by the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit to answer the following question: "Whether, and if so when, Illinois law requires counties to pay judgments entered against a sheriff's office in an official capacity. If [the Supreme Court of…”
Strauss v. City of Chicago, 2021 IL App (1st) 191977 (Ill. App. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “tiff contends that (1) the complaint sufficiently stated claims that the zoning ordinance violated substantive due process and equal protection under the Illinois Constitution, (2) the complaint sufficiently stated a claim for inverse condemnation, and (3) his tort claims are…”
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Dadej v. Cermak Healthcare Servs. (N.D. Ill. 2021).
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