Nora Johnson, Administratrix of the Estate of Melvin Mattingly, Deceased v. S.O.S. Transport, Inc., Central Transport, Inc.

MILES, Senior District Judge.

This is a wrongful death ease 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 and inspection of the vehicle, causing it to leave the roadway and resulting in the death of her son.

The district court held…