Section 11-3.3. Limitations upon recovery where injury causes death

(a)  Where  an  injury  causes  the  death  of  a  person  the damages
  recoverable for such injury are limited to those accruing  before  death
  and shall not include damages for or by reason of death, except that the
  reasonable  funeral  expenses of the decedent, paid by the estate or for
  the payment of which the estate is responsible, shall be recoverable  in
  such  action.    The  damages recovered become part of the estate of the
  deceased.
    (b) Nothing contained herein shall affect the cause of action existing
  in favor of the next of kin under 5-4.1, subject to the following:
    (1) Such cause of action and the cause of action, under this  section,
  in  favor of the estate to recover damages may be prosecuted to judgment
  in a single action; a separate verdict,  report  or  decision  shall  be
  rendered as to each cause of action.
    (2)  Where  an  action to recover damages for personal injury has been
  brought, and the injured person dies, as a result of the injury,  before
  verdict, report or decision, his personal representative may enlarge the
  complaint  in  such  action  to include the cause of action for wrongful
  death under 5-4.1.
    (3) Where an action to  recover  damages  under  this  section  and  a
  separate  action  for wrongful death under 5-4.1 are pending against the
  same defendant, they may be consolidated on the motion of either party.