JOHNSON v. S.O.S. TRANSPORT, INC.

No. 89-6032.

926 F.2d 516 (1991)

Nora JOHNSON, Administratrix of the Estate of Melvin Mattingly, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. S.O.S. TRANSPORT, INC., Defendant-Appellee, Central Transport, Inc., Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman E. McNally (argued), Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff-appellant.

Gerald J. Rapien (argued), Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Cincinnati, Ohio, Robert Winter, Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, Ft. Wright, Ky., for defendant-appellee.

Before KRUPANSKY and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and MILES, Senior District Judge.


MILES, Senior District Judge.

This is a wrongful death case in which the plaintiff appeals from an order granting summary judgment to the lessee of a semi-truck. The plaintiff alleges that her son, a truck driver, was killed while transporting a load of steel for defendant S.O.S. Transport, Inc. ("S.O.S."), the lessee of the vehicle in question. She asserts that the S.O.S., a common carrier regulated by the Interstate Commerce Commission, was negligent in its maintenance...

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