Legal Opinion
Liccardi v. Stolt Terminals (Chicago), Inc.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided August 23, 1996No. 1—95—0863PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Cousins
The appellant and third-party plaintiff, Stolt Terminals (Chicago), Inc. (Stolt), filed a third-party complaint seeking contribution from appellee and third-party defendant, Gundersen/Viking, Inc. (Gundersen). Stolt contracted with Gundersen for it to clean Stolt’s storage tanks, and a Gundersen employee died while waterblasting a tank on Stolt’s property. Decedent’s relatives sued Stolt pursuant to alleged violations of the Structural Work Act (740 ILCS 150/1 (West 1994)). After Stolt sought contribution from Gundersen, Gundersen moved to limit any contribution award to the amount of its…
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- Liccardi v. Stolt Terminals (Chicago), Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1996