Carter v. Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Co.

The defendant-counterclaimant, Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway Company (railway), appeals from an order of the circuit court of Menard County which dismissed its counterclaim for contribution against William J. Carter, as administrator of the estate of Beverly I. Carter, deceased. We find that the recent opinion of the supreme court in Laue v. Leifheit (1984), 105 Ill. 2d 191, 473 N.E.2d 939, is controlling and thus affirm.

The plaintiff, as executor of the estate of his wife, Beverly Carter, and as administrator of the estate of his daughter Tiffany Carter, brought wrongful death actions…