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- Title: Guardianship Clifford A. Babb (Glenn P.
- Author : Supreme Court of Illinois
- Release Date : January 29, 1994
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 79 KB
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CHIEF JUSTICE BILANDIC delivered the opinion of the court: This appeal arises from an order that the probate division of the circuit court of Champaign County entered in a guardianship
proceeding. During the guardianship proceeding, the probate court entered an order in a related matter that approved a settlement
agreement entered into between the estate of Clifford Babb and the City of Champaign. The probate court also entered a separate
order (hereinafter, good-faith order) finding that the settlement agreement was made in good faith as required by the Joint
Tortfeasor Contribution Act (Contribution Act) (740 ILCS 100/0.01 et seq. (West 1992)). Roesch Equipment Company, a potential
defendant/third-party plaintiff was allowed to intervene in the proceedings before the probate court. On appeal from the probate
court's good-faith order, Reach All, Goforth Industries, Inc., Ford Motor Company, Sweeny Industries, Inc., and Parker Fluid
Connectors were allowed to intervene in the appellate court proceedings. The appellate court affirmed the probate court's
order approving the settlement agreement and finding that the settlement was made in good faith. (232 Ill. App. 3d 40.) We
allowed the intervenors' petitions for leave to appeal (134 Ill. 2d R. 315).