VERSON ALLSTEEL PRESS v. MACKWORTH REES

No. 78-487.

99 Ill. App.3d 789 (1981)

426 N.E.2d 241

VERSON ALLSTEEL PRESS CO., Plaintiff-Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. MACKWORTH REES, DIVISION OF AVIS INDUSTRIAL, INC., Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant. — (OTTO FRANKENBUSH, INC., Defendant.)

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (3rd Division).

Opinion filed on rehearing August 12, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rebecca Maxwell, of Schwartz & Freeman, of Chicago, for appellant.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey, Norman J. Barry, Jr., and Charles B. Lewis, of counsel), for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE McNAMARA delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Verson Allsteel Press Co., brought this action in indemnity against defendants, Mackworth Rees, Division of Avis Industrial, Inc. (hereinafter Avis), and Otto Frankenbush, Inc., to recover amounts expended in settling and defending a lawsuit brought by Isaiah Napier. Verson obtained a default judgment against Avis for both the settlement paid and attorney's fees incurred...

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