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- Title: Ronald J. Ziarko v. Soo Line Railroad
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 16, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
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JUSTICE McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court: In this appeal, we decide that the Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act (Contribution Act) (740 ILCS 100/0.01 et seq. (West
1992)) permits a defendant found guilty of willful and wanton conduct to seek contribution from a defendant found guilty of
ordinary negligence, if the willful and wanton acts did not amount to intentionally tortious misconduct. In addition, we conclude
that "common liability" under the Contribution Act is the amount agreed upon in a post-judgment settlement betweenthe plaintiff
and one of the defendants, where the settlement agreement released the plaintiff's claims against both defendant tortfeasors,
and there is no argument that the settlement agreement was entered into in bad faith.