United States Seventh Circuit

The fact that the monetary damage caused by joint tortfeasors' actions is not equivalent is not be an obstacle to holding both liable for contributing to the same injury under the Illinois Joint Tortfeasors Contribution Act, 740 Ill. Comp. Stat. Ann. 100/0.01-100/5.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/06/2000
• Decided 07/12/2001
• Published 07/12/2001

Judges

• KANNE, Circuit Judge., Before KANNE, DIANE P. WOOD, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert P. Cummins,Cummins & Cronin, Chicgo, IL, for Plaintiffs.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas P. Sullivan, David Jimenez-Ekman (argued), Jenner & Block, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants., J. Kent Mathewson, Karen Kies DeGrand (argued), Donohue, Brown, Mathewson & Smyth, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.