{"id":5732,"date":"2022-11-17T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/?p=5732"},"modified":"2022-11-17T04:39:54","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T10:39:54","slug":"u-s-district-court-declines-to-rule-unconstitutional-the-illinois-prejudgment-interest-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/u-s-district-court-declines-to-rule-unconstitutional-the-illinois-prejudgment-interest-act\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. District Court Declines to Rule Unconstitutional the Illinois Prejudgment Interest Act"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A federal district court judge in Chicago declined to stay the prejudgment interest in a medical malpractice case, reaching a similar conclusion given by another federal judge in this highly anticipated ruling.<\/p>\n<p>In a written opinion recently published, U.S. District Court Judge Steven C. Seeger declined to rule on the constitutionality of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/fulltext.asp?DocName=073500050K2-1303\">Illinois Prejudgment Interest Act<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDefendants offer no reason to stay application of the statute, other than a barebones gesture to a non-binding state court decision,\u201d the judge wrote in a statement. &#8220;That\u2019s not enough of a reason to stay the application of a statute that promotes settlement talks.\u201d<br \/>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/u-s-district-court-declines-to-rule-unconstitutional-the-illinois-prejudgment-interest-act\/#more-5732\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal district court judge in Chicago declined to stay the prejudgment interest in a medical malpractice case, reaching a similar conclusion given by another federal judge in this highly anticipated ruling. In a written opinion recently published, U.S. District Court Judge Steven C. 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