{"id":5275,"date":"2015-05-28T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-05-28T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2015-05-27T17:20:04","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T22:20:04","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-distinguishes-unit-judgment-rule-in-wrongful-death-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-distinguishes-unit-judgment-rule-in-wrongful-death-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Distinguishes Unit-Judgment Rule in Wrongful Death Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It has long been law in Illinois that, \u201ca judgment against two or more defendants, whether in contract or tort, was indivisible, and could neither be vacated by a trial court or reversed by a reviewing court as to one defendant alone, even though it was not erroneous as to the others, \u201c Chmielewski v. Marich, 2 Ill.2d 568 (1954).<\/p>\n<p>In this wrongful death case, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carolinacas.com\/\">Carolina Casualty Insurance Co.<\/a> (CCIC) argued it was justified in dropping the estate of Joseph Sperl and Thomas Sanders as defendants in a Will County<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Interpleader\"> interpleader<\/a> case.<\/p>\n<p>CCIC covered $1 million in liability coverage to Dragon Fly Express and DeAn Henry, who were claimed to have caused the car crash that killed Sperl and Sanders, seriously injured William Taluc and injured several others. There was also a significant amount of property damage as a result of this collision.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-distinguishes-unit-judgment-rule-in-wrongful-death-case\/#more-5275\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has long been law in Illinois that, \u201ca judgment against two or more defendants, whether in contract or tort, was indivisible, and could neither be vacated by a trial court or reversed by a reviewing court as to one defendant alone, even though it was not erroneous as to the others, \u201c Chmielewski v. 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