Karney v. Leonard Transportation Corp.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND MOTION TO STRIKE

WARREN W. EGINTON, Senior District Judge.

This action arises from an automobile accident involving plaintiffs decedent, Anthony E. Karney, and a tractor trailer owned by defendant Leonard Transportation Corp. and maintained by Eugene Badger. Karney was killed in the accident. Plaintiff alleges that the cause of decedent’s death was the failure of defendants to properly maintain and repair the rear bumper on the tractor trailer. She asserts a cause of action for negligence as to Badger and for vicarious…