A judgment in any jurisdiction for or against the plaintiff upon the substantive merits of any action for damages founded upon a single publication or exhibition or utterance as described in Section 1 shall bar any other action for damages by the same plaintiff against the same defendant founded upon the same publication or exhibition or utterance.
740 ILCS 165/2
Known as the Uniform Single Publication Act
The act spans §§ 740-165-1 to 740-165-5 (5 sections).
Laws 1959, p. 1907.
Official source: Illinois General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Illinois statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.