Dramshop: Strict damage caps for the Illinois Insurance Guarantee Fund
The Illinois Supreme Court has mended a divide between appellate court decisions regarding whether certain dramshop liabilities should be reduced from a jury's award of damages or, alternatively, from a statutory liability cap that applies to the Illinois Insurance Guarantee Fund. The court ruled that the cap defines the upper limit of liability, even when that means a smaller recovery for the plaintiff. Find out more in the January Illinois Bar Journal.