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RAKOWSKI v. LUCENTE

No. 83-37.

120 Ill. App.3d 715 (1983)

458 N.E.2d 947

JOYCE M. RAKOWSKI et al., Plaintiffs, v. JAMES LUCENTE et al., Defendants (James Lucente, Counterplaintiff-Appellant, v. Leo R. Rakowski, Counterdefendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — First District (4th Division).

Opinion filed December 22, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pretzel & Stouffer, Chartered, of Chicago (Robert Marc Chemers, of counsel), for appellant.

Victor J. Piekarski and Susan F. Zwick, both of Querrey, Harrow, Gulanick & Kennedy, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellee.

Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE LINN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Leo Rakowski, and his two passengers filed suit against defendant, James Lucente, for personal injuries sustained in a two-car collision. Lucente counterclaimed against Rakowski pursuant to the Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors Act (Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 70, par. 302(a)).

Rakowski moved to dismiss the counterclaim on the ground that a general release signed...

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