LAFEVER v. KEMLITE CO.

Nos. 84761, 84762.

706 N.E.2d 441 (1998)

185 Ill.2d 380

Carl LaFEVER, Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. KEMLITE COMPANY, A DIVISION OF DYROTECH INDUSTRIES, INC., Appellant (Kemlite Company, Appellee, v. Banner Western Disposal, a Division of Waste Management of North America, Inc., Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

December 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Buysse, Garofalo, Schreiber & Hart, Chtd., Chicago, for Banner/Western Disposal in No. 84761.

Marc A. Taxman, Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen, Ltd., Chicago, for Carl E. LaFever in No. 84761

Bruce R. Pfaff, Bruce Robert Pfaff & Associates, Ltd., Chicago, for Amicus Curiae, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association in No. 84761.

Michael B. Kilgallon, Kilgallon & Carlson, Chicago, for Other Interested Parties in No. 84761 and Kemlite Company in No. 84762.

No attorneys for Carl E. LaFever in No. 84762.

Marc A. Taxman, Anesi, Ozmon, Rodin, Novak & Kohen, Ltd., David F. Buysse, Garofalo, Schreiber & Hart, Chtd., Chicago, for Other Interested Parties in No. 84762.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff Carl LaFever sued defendant/third-party plaintiff Kemlite Company (Kemlite) for injuries sustained while working on premises owned by Kemlite. Kemlite filed a third-party action for contribution (740 ILCS 100/0.01 et seq. (West 1996)) against plaintiff's employer, third-party defendant Banner Western Disposal (Banner). A jury awarded plaintiff damages and found Banner liable for contribution. The...

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