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745 ILCS 49/1 (2026)

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(745 ILCS 49/1)
    Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Good Samaritan Act.
(Source: P.A. 89-607, eff. 1-1-97.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 8 cases, 2002–2015 · leading case: Salte v. YMCA of Metro. Chicago Found., 814 N.E.2d 610 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004).
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Salte v. YMCA of Metro. Chicago Found., 814 N.E.2d 610 (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “See 745 ILCS 49/1 et seq. (West 2002); Lundy, 34 F.”
Rodas v. Seidlin, 656 F.3d 610 (7th Cir. 2011). “Gloria Rodas’s appeal presents an important question about the meaning of a provision of the Illinois Good Samaritan Act, 745 ILCS 49/1 et seq., in a case that was removed to federal court under the federal officer removal statute, 28 U.”
Hernandez v. Alexian Bros. Health Sys., 893 N.E.2d 934 (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “745 ILCS 49/1 et seq. (West 2002). We note, however, that our supreme court has held that “good faith” is an unambiguous phrase that means “ ‘honest, lawful intent,’ ” or “ ‘is the opposite of fraud and bad faith.”
Washington v. City of Evanston, 782 N.E.2d 847 (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “2 The EMS Act notes that “[e]xemption from civil liability for emergency care is as provided in the Good Samaritan Act [(745 ILCS 49/1 et seq. (West 1996))].” 210 ILCS 50/3.”
Bass v. Cook Cnty. Hosp., 2015 IL App (1st) 142665 (Ill. App. Ct. 2015). “150(c), which states that “[e]xemption from civil liability for emergency care is as provided in the Good Samaritan Act [(745 ILCS 49/1 et seq. (West 2012))],” and section 3.”
Salte v. YMCA of Metro. Chicago Found. (Ill. App. Ct. 2004). “See 745 ILCS 49/1 et seq. (West 2002); Lundy , 34 F.”
Washington v. City of Evanston (Ill. App. Ct. 2002). “2: The EMS Act notes that "[e]xemption from civil liability for emergency care is as provided in the Good Samaritan Act [(745 ILCS 49/1 et seq . (West 1996))]." 210 ILCS 50/3.”
Hernandez v. Alexian Bros. Health Sys. (Ill. App. Ct. 2008). “745 ILCS 49/1 et seq. (West 2002). We note, however, that our supreme court has held that “good faith” is an unambiguous phrase that means “honest, lawful intent,” or "is the opposite of fraud and bad faith.”
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