NEWARK ELECTRONICS CORP. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 52891.

130 Ill. App.2d 1021 (1970)

264 N.E.2d 868

NEWARK ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant and Counter Plaintiff-Appellant — (SPEEDWAY WRECKING CO., Defendant and Counter Defendant-Appellee.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District.

October 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond F. Simon, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago, (Marvin E. Aspen and RocLyne E. LaPorte, Assistant Corporation Counsels, of counsel,) for appellant.

Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, of Chicago, (Howard T. Brinton, of counsel,) for counter-defendant-appellee.

Perry M. Berke, Prince, Schoenberg & Fisher, both of Chicago, for plaintiff-appellee.


Judgments affirmed.

Mr. JUSTICE SMITH delivered the opinion of court:

• 1 All men are equal in the eyes of the law, only sometimes, to steal a phrase, some are more equal than others. Take the case of codefendants in a negligence action. Both may be "equal" so far as liability to the plaintiff, yet one can force the other to foot the bill. This comes about when one of the defendants is guilty only of...

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