Banks v. R.D. Werner Co.

This appeal involves settlements between the plaintiffs and their employer, which would operate to bar the defendant’s right to contribution from the employer. The trial judge upheld the validity of the settlements. The sole issue is whether the judge’s finding that the settlements were made in good faith was against the manifest weight of the evidence.

On July 18, 1986, the plaintiffs, John Banks (Banks) and Donald Neumann (Neumann), were employed by Edwards Engineering Company (Edwards) and were injured when a plywood plank upon which they were standing dislodged from a scaffold, causing the…