Illinois Supreme Court Says Co-Defendant Must Pay Half Of $28.6 Million Judgment

(December 3, 2018, 7:46 PM EST) -- SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The Illinois Supreme Court on Nov. 29 concluded that a motor carrier must pay 50 percent of the $28.6 million judgment paid by a freight broker to plaintiffs who filed suit over a tractor-trailer accident that killed two people, reversing an appellate court ruling in the contribution dispute between the two vicariously liable defendants (Susan D. Sperl v. DeAn Henry, et al., No. 123132, Ill. Sup., 2018 Ill. LEXIS 1228)....

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