Kreider Truck Service, Inc. v. Augustine

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment action wherein the circuit court of Madison County found the plaintiff, Kreider Truck Service, Inc., not liable for injuries suffered by passengers on a shiftworkers’ bus. The injuries resulted from a collision which occurred on Route 40, near Hamel, Illinois, between a shiftworkers’ bus and a tractor-trailer. The tractor-trailer was owned by Mary Pfister, doing business as Milton Pfister Trucking (hereinafter referred to as Pfister), and driven by her employee, Darrel Reinacher. This same vehicle was being leased by Pfister to Kreider Truck…