Buffa v. Haideri

In these consolidated appeals, plaintiff, Cynthia Buffa, as special administrator of the estate of Gregory Buffa, appeals from an order of the circuit court of Du Page County entering summary judgment for the defendant Illinois State Toll Highway Authority (Authority) in plaintiff’s wrongful death lawsuit. Defendants Liaquat Haideri and A&H Transportation, Inc. (A&H, or, together with Haideri, the A&H defendants) appeal from that order and from the dismissal of their counterclaim for contribution from the Authority. We affirm.

Plaintiffs four-count complaint alleged that, on December 2, 2001,…