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ARKANSAS BEST FREIGHT v. ILL. NEWS SERV.

No. 3-86-0515.

159 Ill. App.3d 775 (1987)

512 N.E.2d 1063

ARKANSAS BEST FREIGHT SYSTEM, INC., n/k/a Arkansas Best Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ILLINOIS NEWS SERVICE, INC., Intervening Petitioner and Counterdefendant-Appellee (Arkansas Best Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant; Norman E. Welsh, Defendant-Appellee).

Appellate Court of Illinois — Third District.

Rehearing denied September 24, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen L. Kendall and Rex K. Linder, both of Heyl, Royster, Voelker & Allen, of Peoria (David R. Sinn, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard L. Steagall, of Nicoara & Steagall, of Peoria (John P. Nicoara, Robert D. Jackson, and Maximilian M. Prusak, of counsel), for appellee Illinois News Service, Inc.

Robert D. Jackson and Karen J. Steele, both of Westervelt, Johnson, Nicoll & Keller, of Peoria, for appellee Norman E. Welsh.

Orders affirmed.

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...

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