{"id":1858,"date":"2014-10-27T10:00:35","date_gmt":"2014-10-27T15:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chicagomedicalmalpracticeattorney-blog.com\/?p=1858"},"modified":"2014-10-26T20:27:08","modified_gmt":"2014-10-27T01:27:08","slug":"illinois-appellate-court-refuses-reverse-trial-court-stayed-contribution-claim-brought-defendants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-refuses-reverse-trial-court-stayed-contribution-claim-brought-defendants\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Appellate Court Refuses to Reverse Trial Court Who Stayed the Contribution Claim Brought by Defendants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Cholipski sued three contractors in Chicago for injuries he claimed that he suffered in a construction accident. Defendants requested and received permission to file a <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Contribution_claim_%28legal%29\">contribution claim <\/a>three years after Cholipski\u2019s lawsuit was filed. They accused in their contribution action that Cholipski\u2019s physician was guilty of medical malpractice, thus increasing or causing Cholipski\u2019s claimed injuries. But because the trial on Cholipski\u2019s negligence complaint was scheduled to start in five months, the presiding judge granted the plaintiff\u2019s request to stay the contribution part of the case while allowing the case in chief to proceed to trial.<\/p>\n<p>The defendants appealed, arguing that the judge abused her discretion and the stay violated the \u201cprinciples\u201d of the case of Laue v. Leifheit, 105 Ill.2d 191 (1984), which interpreted Section 5 of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ilga.gov\/legislation\/ilcs\/ilcs3.asp?ActID=2041&amp;ChapterID=57\">Joint Tortfeasor Contribution Act <\/a>as providing that, \u201cWhen there is a pending action, the contribution claim should be asserted by counterclaim or by third-party claim in that action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The appellate court rejected the first argument stating that if it accepted the defendants\u2019 argument, it would not allow for a plaintiff to have a speedy resolution of his or her lawsuit, but instead would allow the defendant to wait three years and then bring a contribution claim against the treating physician, delaying the case in a way that brings pressure on the plaintiff to settle.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/medical-malpractice-lawyer\/illinois-appellate-court-refuses-reverse-trial-court-stayed-contribution-claim-brought-defendants\/#more-1858\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard Cholipski sued three contractors in Chicago for injuries he claimed that he suffered in a construction accident. Defendants requested and received permission to file a contribution claim three years after Cholipski\u2019s lawsuit was filed. 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