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Contribution Verdict Form - Comparative Negligence Not An Issue - Verdict For Plaintiff Page 2

(Instructions to Jury: If you find that any party listed on the verdict form was not legally responsible

in a way that proximately caused plaintiff's injury, you should enter zero (0)% as to that party.)

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Verdict Form and Notes adopted January 2010. Notes revised June 1, 2012.

Notes on Use

This verdict form is appropriate to use in cases where there are contribution claims involving

one or more third-party complaints and where the issue of contributory fault will not be decided by

the jury. However, if the plaintiff suffers multiple, separable injuries and not all of the defendants are

alleged to have caused each of the separable injuries then a modified verdict form may be necessary.

See Auten v. Franklin, 404 Ill. App.3d 1130, 942 N.E.2d 500, 347 Ill.Dec. 297 (4

Dist. 2010). If

there is an issue of contributory fault, use IPI 600.14. This instruction serves as a basis to determine

all fact issues relating to liability of the defendants, third-party defendants, joint and several liability

and contribution.

B45.03A2 is similar to this verdict form, except it lacks the paragraph “Second” providing for

findings for or against third-party defendants. B45.03A2 is intended for use in cases involving

contribution claims among defendants tried concurrently with the plaintiff's claim.

If there is no issue of contributory negligence, the Committee recommends against including

non-parties on the verdict form. Compare Ready v. United/Goedecke Services, Inc., 232 Ill.2d 369,

385 (2008) and Jones v. DHR Cambridge Homes, Inc., 381 Ill.App.3d 18, 31-32, 885 N.E.2d 330 (1st

Dist. 2008) with Bofman v. Material Serv. Corp., 125 Ill.App.3d 1053 (1st Dist. 1984) and Smith v.

Central Ill. Pub. Serv. Co., 176 Ill.App.3d 482 (4th Dist. 1988).

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