Frederick Z. Goosman, to His Own Use and to the Use of Royal Indemnity Company, a Body Corporate v. A. Duie Pyle, Inc., a Body Corporate

BOREMAN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff-appellant, Frederick Z. Goos-man, sustained personal injuries and property damage when his automobile collided with the rear of a 46-foot tractor-trailer rig leased by defendant-ap-pellee, A. Duie Pyle, Inc. (Pyle or defendant herein), and operated by its agent, Anderson, as the rear of the trailer extended across the median strip and into the eastbound portion of four-lane U.S. Route 40. The accident occurred at a concrete crossover extending between eastbound and westbound portions of U.S. Route 40, about 950 feet east of the intersection of Route 40 and…