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Reflection Window Co. filed in an attempt to limit its contribution liability to Power Construction Co.<\/a> for an incident that injured Timothy Cooley who was an employee of Reflection Window<\/a>. The incident occurred at a construction site where Power Construction was a general contractor.<\/p>\n

Reflection Window had insisted that the judge was wrong in also ruling that it waived its lien under Section 5(b) of the Illinois Workers\u2019 Compensation Act<\/a>. Reflection Window had conceded that the Cook County judge was correct in striking the affirmative defense it filed under Kotecki v. Cyclops Welding Corp.<\/em>, 146 Ill.2d 155 (1991).<\/p>\n

Power Construction sued Reflection Window for contribution after Cooley sued the general contractor for negligence.<\/p>\n

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Reflection Window Co. filed in an attempt to limit its contribution liability to Power Construction Co. for an incident that injured Timothy Cooley who was an employee of Reflection Window. The incident occurred at a construction site where Power Construction was a general contractor. 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