JANSEN v. AARON PROCESS EQUIPMENT CO., INC.

Nos. 97-1309, 97-1343.

149 F.3d 603 (1998)

George P. JANSEN and Theresa Jansen, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AARON PROCESS EQUIPMENT CO., INC., Defendant-Appellant/Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. LUXEMBOURG CHEESE FACTORY, INC., Third Party Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William T. Cacciatore, William T. Cacciatore & Associates, Rockford, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Karen L. Kendall (argued), Brad A. Elward, Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, Peoria, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Aaron Process Equipment Co., Inc.

Neil D. O'Connor (argued), Loretta M. Griffin, Milton K. Buckingham, O'Connor, Schiff & Myers, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee Luxembourg Cheese Factory, Inc.

Before WOOD, Jr., KANNE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

In this case, we return to the perplexing relation among three Illinois statutes as they existed at the time of the events giving rise to this litigation (and indeed, as they once again read): the Illinois Modified Comparative Fault Statute, Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch. 110, § 2-1117 ("the Joint Liability Act"), amended and recodified at 735 Ill. Comp. Stat. 5/2-1117; the Illinois Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act, Ill.Rev.Stat.1991, ch...

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