Chikotas v. American Buslines, Inc.

WELSH, Senior District Judge.

This action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania arises from the collision on Ohio Route 120 about four miles south of Toledo, Ohio between a bus owned and operated by American Buslines, Inc., defendant, and a semi-trailer owned and operated by Kaplan Trucking Company, third-party defendant. The plaintiff, Ronald O. Chikotas, was a passenger in defendant’s bus and is suing to recover damages for personal injuries. The defendant has joined the Kaplan Trucking Company as third-party defendant, alleging that if plaintiff was…