Arkansas Best Freight System, Inc. v. Illinois News Service, Inc.

PRESIDING JUSTICE BARRY

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal concerns the denial of two separate claims for contribution, one filed as a counterclaim and one as a separate action, and both arising out of a motor vehicle chain collision occurring on a rural highway south of Morton, Illinois, on February 19,1981.

Shortly after dawn on a foggy morning a white van owned by Illinois News Service, Inc. (INS), and driven by Sally G. Stone stopped in the southbound lane of Route 121 to wait for oncoming traffic to pass so it could turn left on to Allentown Road. A loaded tractor trailer owned…