Edward Kelly v. Eclipse Motor Line, an Ohio Corporation, and Wilson Freight Company (Formerly Wilson Freight Forwarding Company), an Ohio Corporation

Edward Kelly, a citizen of Pennsylvania, brought a diversity action in the district court against Eclipse Motor Line (Eclipse) and Wilson Freight Company (Wilson) to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by Kelly while he was attempting to make secure a shipment of bricks which had been loaded upon a trailer truck for transportation by him from Maryland to an Ohio destination. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of both Eclipse and Wilson. We affirm.

Following the accident Kelly and Eclipse entered into an agreement for compensation, pursuant to the Pennsylvania…