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PATEL v. TRUEBLOOD, INC.

No. 1-94-0596.

666 N.E.2d 778 (1996)

281 Ill. App.3d 197

217 Ill.Dec. 109

Nirmala PATEL, Plaintiff, v. TRUEBLOOD, INC., Defendant, Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellee and Cross-Appellant (Admo, Inc., Third-Party Defendant-Appellant and Cross-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

May 28, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Resis and John T. Kennedy of Querrey & Harrow, Ltd., Chicago, for defendant-appellant, Admo, Inc.

Munday & Nathan (John J. Munday, of counsel), Chicago, for appellee and cross-appellant, Trueblood, Inc.

Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

The question in this case is whether a jury must be instructed that the plaintiff in a contribution action has to prove it settled the underlying claim because of a reasonable anticipation of liability. We conclude that the instruction is required. For that reason, we reverse the judgment below and remand the cause for a new trial.

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