Henry Kennedy, Sr. And Lou Kennedy v. Delaware Leasing and Rental Corporation, Brada-Miller Freight System, Inc. And Clifford E. Hanning

JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from judgments entered on jury verdicts in favor of the plaintiffs-appellees, husband and wife, in their diversity action for personal injuries and for loss of services and consortium, respectively, resulting from a truck-automobile accident. The defendants-appellants, Clifford E. Hanning, Delaware Leasing and Rental Corporation, and Brada Miller Freight System, Inc., were the owner of the tractor, the owner of the trailer, and the lessee-operator of the equipment, respectively.

The accident occurred around 6 a. m., on a dark, misty morning on…