Illinois Compiled Statutes

815 ILCS 620/505 (2026)

Damages and attorneys fees

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(815 ILCS 620/505) (from Ch. 29, par. 505)
    Sec. 505. Damages and attorneys fees. Any person who has been injured by a violation of this Act by an invention developer or by any false or fraudulent statement, representation, or omission of material fact by an invention developer, may bring a civil action against the invention developer for the greater of the following amounts:
    (1) $3,000, or
    (2) Three times the amount of the actual damages, if any, sustained by the customer. In addition to the greater of the preceding amounts, the court may award reasonable attorney's fees to the customer.
(Source: P.A. 81-542.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases, 2001–2001 · leading case: Yang v. City of Chicago, 745 N.E.2d 541 (Ill. 2001).
Yang v. City of Chicago, 745 N.E.2d 541 (Ill. 2001). “2(c) (West 1998); 735 ILCS 5/2 — 203(c) (West 1998); 740 ILCS 10/7(2) (West 1998); 740 ILCS 110/15 (West 1998); 745 ILCS 70/12 (West 1998); 775 ILCS 5/8B — 104 (West 1998); 815 ILCS 505/2W (West 1998); 815 ILCS 602/5 — 120 (West 1998); 815 ILCS 605/11 (West 1998); 815 ILCS…”
Yang v. City of Chicago (Ill. 2001). “2(c) (West 1998); 735 ILCS 5/2–203(c) (West 1998); 740 ILCS 10/7(2) (West 1998); 740 ILCS 110/15 (West 1998); 745 ILCS 70/12 (West 1998); 775 ILCS 5/8B–104 (West 1998); 815 ILCS 505/2W (West 1998); 815 ILCS 602/5–120 (West 1998); 815 ILCS 605/11 (West 1998); 815 ILCS 615/45…”
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