Moretz v. General Electric Company

THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

This is a tort action by Kelly C. Moretz, a citizen of Tennessee, plaintiff, against the General Electric Company, a New York corporation, defendant, hereinafter referred to as “G. E.,” for damages sustained as a result of the defendant’s alleged negligence in improperly loading' a trailer, hauled by the plaintiff in his capacity of “over-the-road” driver for the Mason & Dixon Lines, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, an interstate common carrier, hereinafter referred to as “Mason-Dixon.” Over plaintiff’s objection, defendant G. E. was permitted to implead the plaintiff’s…