Yanan v. Ewing

The circuit court of Du Page County entered judgment on an arbitration award for $7,375 in favor of plaintiff, Ann Marie Yanan, on a personal-injury action filed against defendant Earnestine Ewing pursuant to the arbitration provisions of Supreme Court Rule 86 (113 Ill. 2d R. 86). The court subsequently entered an order for setoff against the award in the amount of plaintiff’s prior $10,000 settlement with defendant Donald Allen and a satisfaction of judgment in favor of Ewing.

On appeal, plaintiff contends that the setoff was improper because defendants were not responsible for one injury to…