IL 5th: Co-employee Not Liable for Contribution

The Fifth District of the Illinois Court of Appeals held that a co-employee is not liable for contribution on an injured employee's negligence claim. In Flores v. Palmer Marketing, Inc., No. 1-04-1867, 09/23/2005, Marine Flores was injured while working as a summer camp counselor. At the time of the accident, Flores was manning an inflatable slide, and was stationed at the top to help children slide down safely. Antonio Baca (a fellow counselor) lost his balance while racing a child down the slide, grabbed onto a bungee cord to regain his balance, and snapped the cord so that it flew ba...