WILCOX v. TRANSAMERICAN FREIGHT LINES, INC.

No. 17078.

371 F.2d 403 (1967)

Arthur WILCOX, Leslie Grier, George Porter, Abe Smith, Russell Waters and Otis Drummond, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRANSAMERICAN FREIGHT LINES, INC. and Harry Culyer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

January 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George W. Weber, Jr., Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellants, Simpson & Jacobs, and Theodore Repper, Jr., Kondritzer, Gold & Frank, Wolfson & Goldman, Cincinnati, Ohio, on the brief.

Leo J. Breslin, Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellees, Lindhorst & Dreidame, Cincinnati, Ohio, on the brief.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from an order of the District Court granting Transamerican's motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint. There was no genuine issue over the facts. The sole question was whether Transamerican, an interstate common carrier by truck, was liable for negligence of the owner-driver of a tractor which it leased from him and which collided with an automobile, injuring the plaintiffs.

The owner-driver of the tractor was in...

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