Schultz v. Gotlund

The plaintiffs, Michael F. Schultz and Joyce J. Schultz, husband and wife, appeal from the appellate court’s judgment allowing the petition of Loretto Hospital to intervene in the plaintiff’s suit against the defendants, Timothy G. Gotlund, Richard Gotlund, Guy’s Steak House, and DBB Investors, Inc., for personal injuries and other damages. The Illinois Trial Lawyers Association filed a brief amicus curiae in support of the plaintiffs. The appellate court held that there was a common law or equitable right of subrogation in favor of the petitioner, and it ordered the trial court to determine…