BROWN v. UNION TANK CAR CO.

No. 5-88-0268.

197 Ill. App.3d 357 (1990)

554 N.E.2d 595

MATHIAS BROWN, Plaintiff, v. UNION TANK CAR COMPANY, Defendant and Counterplaintiff and Counterdefendant and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant (Chevron Chemical Company, Defendant and Counterdefendant and Counterplaintiff and Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee; Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company et al., Defendants; Ethyl Petroleum Additives, Inc., f/k/a Edwin Cooper, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee; Paktank Corporation et al., Third-Party Defendants).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Fifth District.

Opinion filed April 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thompson & Mitchell, of Belleville (Thomas F. Hennessy III and Mark S. Schuver, of counsel), for appellant.

Funsch & Nussbaumer, of St. Louis, Missouri (Robert L. Nussbaumer and Robert J. Danis, of counsel), for appellee Ethyl Petroleum Additives, Inc.

Robert F. Finke, Lynne N. Raimondo, and Ira J. Belcove, all of Mayer, Brown & Platt, of Chicago, and John D. Wendler, of Belleville, for appellee Chevron Chemical Company.


Order affirmed.

JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendant, Union Tank Car Company (Union), appeals from the order of the circuit court of St. Clair County dismissing with prejudice its third-party claim for contribution directed against Ethyl Petroleum Additives, Inc. (Ethyl), as a result of the settlement agreement between Chevron Chemical Company (Chevron) and plaintiff, Mathias Brown...

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