Supreme Court of Illinois

Under the totality of the circumstances, the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it found the settlement between plaintiffs and a city satisfied the good-faith requirement of the Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/24/2003
• Published 03/05/2003

Judges

• Chief Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Hugh C. Griffin,Sarah H. Dearing, of Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Richard E. Boyle, Kenneth L. Halvachs, Thomas R. Peters, of Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roesler, Belleville, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Brandt Madsen, of Madsen, Farkas & Powen, L.L.C., Chicago, Teresa L. Graham, of Dombroff & Gilmore, New York, New York, for appellee.