A state appeals panel on Monday ruled that a local Teamsters chapter must pay more than $2 million in damages, fees and costs incurred by its predecessor union.The panel’s decision holds that the theory of successor liability applies to unincorporated associations like labor unions, applying the principle for the first time in Illinois.This finding was a key point of the 1st District Appellate Court’s ruling that the current Illinois chapter of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters must pay more than $2 …