Marten Transport Ltd. v. Rural Mutual Insurance

Marten Transport, Ltd., a settling defendant in an earlier Illinois negligence action, appeals a summary judgment that dismissed its Wisconsin contribution action against Rural Mutual Insurance Company. Marten seeks contribution on grounds that Rural's insured was a joint tortfeasor in the auto accident that injured Jeanna Teske in Illinois. The circuit court dismissed Marten's contribution action on a theory that Illinois law applies because Teske brought her underlying negligence claim in that state, and an Illinois statute compels a defendant's contribution claim be made in the underlying…