COMMONWEALTH EDISON CO. v. ENCOMPAS, INC.

No. 3-86-0833.

158 Ill. App.3d 852 (1987)

511 N.E.2d 988

COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. ENCOMPAS, INC., et al., Defendants (Encompas, Inc., et al., Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants; Avreco, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Opinion filed August 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis J. Burke, of Burke & Burke, Ltd., of Chicago, for appellant Encompas, Inc.

Dennis L. Frostic, Ellen J. Kerschner, and Scott B. Hamilton, all of Peterson, Ross, Schloerb & Seidel, of Chicago, for appellee.


Reversed and remanded.

JUSTICE HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

Third-party plaintiffs Encompas, Inc., and Douglas Reid appeal the trial court's dismissal of their third-party complaint for indemnity and/or contribution. The court found that because the cause of action arose in 1977, prior to the effective date of the Contribution Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1985, ch. 70, par. 301 et seq.), no contribution...

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