Morgan v. Kirk Bros., Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE SEIDENFELD

delivered the opinion of the court:

Whether “An Act in relation to contribution among joint tortfeasors” (hereinafter the Contribution Act) (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 70, par. 302) allows a cause of action for contribution against one whose liability arises from an alleged violation of the Dramshop Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1981, ch. 43, par. 135) is the question posed by this appeal.

Judy Morgan was injured as the result of a collision between the automobile in which she was a passenger, being driven by Bernard N. Bailey, Jr., and a truck owned by Kirk Bros., Inc.…