Du Bois v. Rose

Diane Sill drove a farm tractor and trailer on Brubaker Road in Marion County at night. Both the tractor and the trailer belonged to her father, Russell Rose, the defendant. Neither tractor nor trailer had lights. Plaintiff’s decedent, W. Michael Du Bois, was killed when he crashed his car into the rear of the trailer.

Du Bois’ widow, individually and as executor of W. Michael Du Bois’ estate, brought wrongful death, survival, and family-expense actions against defendant, alleging that defendant was negligent in allowing his daughter to use his tractor and trailer without taillights, a…