Coney v. J.L.G. Industries, Inc.

Clifford Jasper died using a hydraulic aerial work platform manufactured by J.L.G. Industries (defendant), which argued that Jasper and his employer were also comparatively negligent under Illinois's newly adopted pure comparative negligence system; Coney, as administrator of Jasper's estate (plaintiff), sued J.L.G., raising the question of whether comparative negligence had displaced the traditional rule allowing full recovery from any one jointly liable defendant.