IL SB0861

Prohibits courts from instructing juries about consequences of fault findings under comparative negligence provisions in tort actions involving bodily injury, death, or property damage based on negligence or strict liability.

Removes the requirement that courts instruct juries that defendants are not liable if a plaintiff's contributory fault exceeds 50% of the proximate cause of injury or damage.

Changes joint liability standards to base defendant liability thresholds on "proximate cause of injury or damage for which recovery is sought" rather than "total fault attributable" to all parties.

Defendants with fault less than 25% of proximate cause are severally liable for non-medical damages; defendants with fault 25% or greater are jointly and severally liable for non-medical damages.

Applies to causes of action accruing on or after the effective date of this 100th General Assembly amendment.