Cowart v. Widener

ANDREWS, Presiding Judge.

The heirs of Roby Cowart, Sr., brought this wrongful death action against his brother-in-law Nathan Widener as well as Widener’s employer, United Transportation, Inc., and the latter’s insurer, American International South Insurance Company (AIS), after Cow-art died of natural causes while traveling as an unauthorized passenger in the truck Widener was driving from Georgia to Ohio. The trial court granted summary judgment to Widener and United Transportation on the ground that plaintiffs had produced no evidence that Widener’s failure to obtain medical care was the…