Unzicker v. Kraft Food Ingredients Corp.

Plaintiff, Marlin Unzieker, appeals a judgment finding defendant Kraft Food Ingredients Corporation (Kraft) only severally liable for the judgment in Unzicker’s favor. The judgment was entered in accordance with the former version of section 2 — 1117 of the Civil Practice Law, which provided several liability for defendants whose fault was less than 25% of total fault, including the fault of “any third[-]party defendants who could have been sued by the plaintiff.” 735 ILCS 5/2 — 1117 (West 1994). In September 1996, Judge Miller conducted the trial in the case and the jury had apportioned…