# Stevens v. Silver Manufacturing Co.

> Illinois Supreme Court · March 1, 1978 · 70 Ill. 2d 41

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9713111

## Case

- **Full name:** RONALD STEVENS v. SILVER MANUFACTURING COMPANY Et Al., Appellants.—(General Box Company, Appellee.)
- **Court:** Illinois Supreme Court
- **Decided:** March 1, 1978
- **Citations:** 70 Ill. 2d 41; 15 Ill. Dec. 847; 374 N.E.2d 455
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Underwood
- **Judges:** Goldenhersh, Ward, Underwood, Dooley
- **Cited by:** 42 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9713111

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- noting, “Although stated in terms of partial indemnity rather than contribution, the prayer for relief clearly seeks contribution based on the relative degree to which the employer’s misuse of the product or assumption of the risk contributed to cause plaintiff’s injuries”

## Opinion text

MR. JUSTICE UNDERWOOD, dissenting:
For the reasons set forth in my dissent in Skinner v. Reed-Prentice Division Package Machinery Co. (1977), 70 Ill. 2d 1, 20 , I cannot agree with the court here.

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