Illinois Civil Justice League

The Illinois Civil Justice League is a group representing businesses that says its mission is to "work for fairness in the Illinois civil justice system." The group advocates a "tort reform" agenda, which it calls "civil justice reform." The ICJL has a political action committee called JUSTPAC, which supports candidates that support "tort reform," -- placing limits on peoples' access to the courts for harms caused by corporations. The group's membership consists mostly of big businesses, including the Illinois Hospital Association, the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce, National Federation of Independent Business, the Retail Merchants Association, Caterpillar Inc, Motorola, State Farm Insurance, CNA Insurance, Deere and Company, Brunswick, Allstate Insurance, and Kraft General Foods, and the Illinois Farm Bureau.

The president of the ICJL is Ed Murnane. He became President of the Illinois Civil Justice League early in 1993 after serving four years in the Reagan and Bush Administrations. Murnane managed the successful Illinois campaign for George Bush (the father) in Illinois in 1988 and held senior management positions in the Reagan campaigns in 1976, 1980 and 1984. In 2009, Murnane became chair of the American Tort Reform Association.

Sourcewatch resources

 * Tort reform

External resources

 * Illinois Civil Justice League's 2009 IRS Form 990

Contact
Illinois Civil Justice League P.O. Box 308 Arlington Heights, IL 60006-0308 Email: info@icjl.org Phone: 847.222.9673 847.890.6123 FAX