People v. Tate

Mack C. Stephens, plaintiff, filed an action in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant, Thomas McBride, alleging that he sustained injuries as the result of defendants negligent operation of his motor vehicle. Defendant filed a third-party complaint for contribution against the third-party defendant, the city of Maywood. (The third-party defendant states that it is a village, not a city, and therefore will be referred to as "the village.") The circuit court allowed the villages motion for summary judgment, the appellate court reversed (105 Ill. App.3d 880), and we allowed the villages petition for leave to appeal (87 Ill.2d R. 315).