Mijatov v. Graves

PRESIDING JUSTICE UNVERZAGT

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Betty Mijatov, appeals from a summary judgment entered in the circuit court of Lake County, in favor of defendant, Franklin Graves. Plaintiff raises one issue on appeal: whether an employee who has entered into a lump-sum settlement agreement of a worker’s compensation claim may recover damages from a co-worker in a common-law tort suit.

Plaintiff filed a three-count complaint alleging that defendant and plaintiff were employed by the Illinois Tollway Authority (Tollway Authority) and that while they were at work,…