Illinois Statutes Chapter 740. Civil Liabilities § 90/3.2. Loss occasioned during transportation by hotel keeper; limitation on liability

§ 3.2. Where the proprietor or manager of a hotel transports to or from the hotel in conveyance owned or operated by the hotel any property or effects of any kind whatsoever on behalf of a guest thereof, such hotel or the manager or proprietor thereof is not liable to such guest or other owner of such property or effects for any loss of or damage to any such property or effects in excess of the following amounts, respectively:

regardless of whether such loss or damage is occasioned by theft, the fault or negligence of such proprietor or manager or his agents or employees, or otherwise, unless the manager or proprietor of such hotel has contracted by a separate agreement in writing to assume a greater liability.