Illinois HB3311 aims to protect survivors of gender-based violence from retaliatory lawsuits.
Illinois HB3311, known as the Protect Survivors Reporting Act, introduces a new article in the Code of Civil Procedure to safeguard survivors of gender-based violence from retaliatory lawsuits. The act mandates that if a court finds a claim is based on a survivor's report of gender-based violence, it must dismiss the claim unless the respondent provides clear and convincing evidence of actual malice. The act also allows for the award of attorney's fees, treble damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief to the survivor.
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