Kellner v. Budget Car & Truck Rental, Inc.

OPINION

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

James and Lauri Kellner, appearing individually and as next of kin, have appealed the district court’s summary dismissal of their negligence suit against three party-defendants — John Zaffer, administrator of the estate of Christopher Zaffer (“Zaf-fer”), M.D. Transport Systems, Inc. (“MDTS”) and Clay Hyder Trucking Lines, Inc. (“CHTL”) — arising from a motor vehicle accident on the Tennessee interstate. The Kellners have contended that defendants negligently and proximately caused the accident by leaving a tractor-trailer parked in the emergency “breakdown”…