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820 ILCS 310/11 (2026)

Measure of liability

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(820 ILCS 310/11) (from Ch. 48, par. 172.46)
    Sec. 11. Measure of liability. Except as provided in Section 1.1, the compensation herein provided for shall be the full, complete and only measure of the liability of the employer bound by election under this Act and such employer's liability for compensation and medical benefits under this Act shall be exclusive and in place of any and all other civil liability whatsoever, at common law or otherwise, to any employee or his legal representative on account of damage, disability or death caused or contributed to by any disease contracted or sustained in the course of the employment.
(Source: P.A. 101-6, eff. 5-17-19.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2014–2025 · leading case: Folta v. Ferro Eng'g, 2015 IL 118070 (Ill. 2015).
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Folta v. Ferro Eng'g, 2015 IL 118070 (Ill. 2015). · cites it 2× “) 820 ILCS 310/11 (West 2010). ¶ 36 Thus, the fact that through no fault of the employee’s own, the right to seek recovery under the acts was extinguished before the claim accrued because of the statute of repose does not mean that the acts have no application or that Folta was…”
Folta v. Ferro Eng'g, 2015 IL 118070 (Ill. 2015). · cites it 4× “The compensation herein provided for shall be the full, complete and only measure of the liability of the employer bound by election under this Act and such employer’s liability for compensation and medical benefits under this Act shall be exclusive and in place of any and all…”
Candice Martin v. Goodrich Corp., 95 F.4th 475 (7th Cir. 2024). “Pairing that with the statute’s other dictate, that “the compensation herein provided for shall be the full, complete and only measure of the liability of the employer [and those other entities] … in place of any and all other civil liability whatsoever,” 820 ILCS 310/11, gives…”
Folta v. Ferro Eng'g, 2014 IL App (1st) 123219 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 3× “section 2-619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-619 (West 2010)) to dismiss plaintiff’s counts against it, arguing that because plaintiff’s injuries arose out of and in the course of his employment, his action was barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Act…”
Folta v. Ferro Eng'g, 2014 IL App (1st) 123219 (Ill. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 3× “section 2-619 of the Code of Civil Procedure (735 ILCS 5/2-619 (West 2010)) to dismiss plaintiff’s counts against it, arguing that because plaintiff’s injuries arose out of and in the course of his employment, his action was barred by the exclusive remedy provision of the Act…”
Candice Martin v. Goodrich Corp., 129 F.4th 1052 (7th Cir. 2025). “23-2343 3 compensation herein provided”) and 820 ILCS 310/11 (“sec- tion 11”) (“the compensation herein provided for shall be the full, complete and only measure of the liability of the em- ployer … in place of any and all other civil liability”).”
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