HARNISCHFEGER CORP. v. GLEASON CRANE RENTALS, INC.

No. 5-89-0717.

585 N.E.2d 166 (1991)

223 Ill. App.3d 444

165 Ill.Dec. 770

HARNISCHFEGER CORPORATION, H.H. Hall Construction Company, and Union Electric Company, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GLEASON CRANE RENTALS, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied January 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. McMullin, T. Michael Ward, Brown, James & Rabbitt, P.C., St. Louis, Mo., Illinois Office, Belleville, for defendant-appellant.

John W. Bell, William G. Beatty, Johnson & Bell, Ltd., Chicago (Thomas H. Fegan, of counsel), for Harnischfeger Corp.

Russell K. Scott, Dunham, Boman and Leskera, Belleville, for H.H. Hall Constr. Co.

Karl D. Dexheimer, William J. Neihoff, Thompson & Mitchell, Belleville, for Union Elec. Co.


Justice CHAPMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal arises out of an action for contribution brought by Harnischfeger Corporation, H.H. Hall Construction Company, and Union Electric Company against Gleason Crane Rentals, Inc., for sums paid in settlement of the underlying claims of John and Cynthia Clark.

John Clark was severely injured when the crane he was operating for Keeley & Sons, Inc., contacted an energized power-line. John and his...

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