J. M. Krejci Co. v. Saint Francis Hospital

PRESIDING JUSTICE SULLIVAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

This interlocutory appeal is from an order of the trial court dismissing the third-party complaint filed by Mittelbusher & Tourtelot and Schmidt, Garden & Erikson (the architects) against St. Francis Hospital of Evanston (St. Francis). On appeal, the architects contend that their third-party complaint states causes of action for contribution and indemnity.

Plaintiff entered into a contract with defendant, St. Francis Hospital, for plumbing and fire-protection work for the hospital. The architects were employed to perform…