Legal Opinion
Morizzo v. Laverdure
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided September 18, 1984No. 83-1125PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Downing
Does a cause of action for active-passive indemnity continue to exist in Illinois as the result of the adoption of the Contribution Among Joint Tortfeasors Act (hereinafter the Contribution Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 70, par. 301 et seq.)? The trial court denied a motion to dismiss a third-party complaint based exclusively on active-passive indemnification, and certified three questions to this court. We granted interlocutory review. The pleadings allege the following facts.
Plaintiff Anthony Morizzo, the owner of Morizzo’s Ridgewood Funeral Home in Chicago, entered into a contract with…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Skinner v. Reed-Prentice Division Package MacHinery Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1978
- Doyle v. RhodesIllinois Supreme Court · 1984
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- Franzese v. TrinkoIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- Lowe v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1984
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3Cited by39 opinions
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