Junker v. Ziegler

The plaintiff, Gerald Junker, brought this action in the circuit court of Peoria County to recover damages for injuries he sustained in a hunting accident. The jury set damages at $112,000 but attributed 65% of the fault to the plaintiff, reducing his award to $39,200; on claims for contribution filed by the two defendants, Albert Ziegler and Paul Bush, the jury apportioned 29% of the reduced award against Ziegler and 71% against Bush. The trial judge later granted the plaintiff’s motion for a new trial. The appellate court reversed that order (129 Ill. App. 3d 853), and we allowed the…