Cole v. Alton

KEADY, District Judge.

In this diversity action, plaintiffs William J. Cole and Etta Mae Cole, individually and as next friends of three deceased minor children, and William Clifton Cole and John Len Cole, brothers of decedents, sue defendants Troy Lloyd Alton and Atlas Carriers, Inc., for various claims arising from a motor vehicle collision which occurred near Red Banks, Mississippi, on October 28, 1981. The amended complaint alleges two distinct theories of recovery against defendant Atlas: respondeat superior and negligent entrustment. With reference to plaintiffs’ respondeat superior…