Carver v. Grossman

The circuit court of Cook County following a bench trial entered judgment against the third-party defendant, Walter J. Bishop and in favor of the third-party plaintiff, Ronald F. Grossman, Administrator of the Estate of Broadus J. Putnam, deceased, for the amount of a consent judgment which had been entered against Grossman in favor of the original plaintiff, Robert Carver, an employee of Bishop at the time of his injury. The circuit court also held that Bishop was not entitled to satisfy his lien for workmen’s compensation payments that he had made to the plaintiff from this judgment. The…