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820 ILCS 310/1.1 (2026)

Permitted civil actions

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(820 ILCS 310/1.1)
    Sec. 1.1. Permitted civil actions. Subsection (a) of Section 5 and Section 11 do not apply to any injury or death resulting from an occupational disease as to which the recovery of compensation benefits under this Act would be precluded due to the operation of any period of repose or repose provision. As to any such occupational disease, the employee, the employee's heirs, and any person having standing under the law to bring a civil action at law, including an action for wrongful death and an action pursuant to Section 27-6 of the Probate Act of 1975, has the nonwaivable right to bring such an action against any employer or employers.
(Source: P.A. 101-6, eff. 5-17-19.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (3 in the last 5 years), 2024–2025 · leading case: Candice Martin v. Goodrich Corp., 95 F.4th 475 (7th Cir. 2024).
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Candice Martin v. Goodrich Corp., 95 F.4th 475 (7th Cir. 2024). · cites it 2× “1 The legislature answered the call four years later, in 2019, with 820 ILCS 310/1.1, or “Exception 1.1.” That law explains that the exclusivity provisions in the ODA “do not apply to any injury or death resulting from an occupational disease as to which the recovery of…”
Martin v. Goodrich Corp., 2025 IL 130509 (Ill. 2025). · cites it 5× “4th at 482 (quoting 820 ILCS 310/1.1 (West 2022)). Second, the court asked, if section 1(f) falls within the section 1.”
Candice Martin v. Goodrich Corp., 129 F.4th 1052 (7th Cir. 2025). · cites it 2× “23-2343 820 ILCS 310/1.1, (“section 1.1”). So, for “any such occupa- tional disease,” employees and their heirs may bring civil ac- tions, “including an action for wrongful death and [survivor- ship actions].”
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