HENDERSON v. JONES BROS. CONST. CORP.

No. 1-91-1980.

602 N.E.2d 16 (1992)

234 Ill. App.3d 871

176 Ill.Dec. 709

Jake HENDERSON, Plaintiff, v. JONES BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION, et al., Defendants (Jones Brothers Construction Corporation, Third-Party Plaintiff; Peabody Midwest Construction, Inc., Third-Party Defendant; American Airlines, Inc., Cross-Plaintiff and Appellant; Jones Brothers Construction Corporation et al., Cross-Defendants and Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coffield Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago (J. Timothy Eaton, Daniel P. Albers and Jennifer T. Nijman, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant American Airlines.

Sweeney and Riman, Ltd., Chicago (Kenneth J. Barrish, of counsel), for appellee Peabody Midwest.

Alholm & Monahan, Chicago (Peter A. Monahan and Debra Criche Mell, of counsel), for Jones Bros.


Justice O'CONNOR delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal questions the validity of orders entered by the circuit court dismissing defendant American Airlines' third party complaint for contribution.

We affirm for reasons which follow.

On August 25,1986, Jake Henderson, the plaintiff in the underlying action, brought suit in the circuit court seeking damages for back injuries he allegedly sustained while working at the American Airlines construction...

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