GRANT v. BILL WALKER PONTIAC-GMC, INC.

Nos. 74-2335, 74-2336.

523 F.2d 1301 (1975)

Vilma E. GRANT, Executrix of the Estate of Benjamin W. Grant, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BILL WALKER PONTIAC-GMC, INC., Defendant-Appellee. C. E. K. HOGAN and Deep Woods Camp for Boys, Inc., Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO., Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl L. Wedekind, Jr., Stites, McElwain & Fowler, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant and third-party defendant-appellee.

John G. Crutchfield, Ewen, Mackenzie & Peden, Louisville, Ky., for defendant-appellee and third-party defendant-appellee.

J. L. Richardson, Jr., Richardson & Richardson, Louisville, Ky., for C. E. K. Hogan and Deep Woods Camp for Boys.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and EDWARDS and ENGEL, Circuit Judges.


ENGEL, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from a summary judgment dismissing from a wrongful death action Bill Walker Pontiac-GMC, Inc., and his insurer the Fireman's Fund Insurance Company. The trial judge held that neither Walker nor his liability insurer were vicariously liable by reason of any relationship of Walker to either the driver or to the truck which was involved in the fatal accident. We affirm.

C. E. K. Hogan was the proprietor of Deep Woods Camp...

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