SURMAN v. PAYNE

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA NICHOLINA SURMAN, and ) STEPHEN SURMAN, H/W, ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:19-216 ) Plaintiffs, ) ) JUDGE KIM R. GIBSON v. ) ) ROBERT PAYNE, and ) DOT TRANSPORTATION, INC., ) ) Defendants/Third-Party ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) STEPHEN SURMAN, ) ) Third-Party Defendant. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Introduction This case stems from a motor vehicle accident that occurred on October 23, 2017. (ECF No. 49 at 4).1 On that date, Plaintiff Stephen Surman (“Mr. Surman”) was driving a vehicle in which his wife, Plaintiff Nicholina Surman…