Mansfield v. Colonial Freight Systems

*529 OPINION

KOCH, Judge.

This appeal involves the alcohol-related death of a passenger who was riding in a vehicle that slammed headlong into the rear of a tractor trailer parked on the shoulder of an interstate highway. The passenger’s estate filed suit in the Circuit Court for Davidson County against various parties, including the freight company that owned the tractor trailer. The trial court determined that the freight company was entitled to a summary judgment because its driver’s conduct was not the proximate cause of the accident. The passenger’s estate asserts on this appeal that the…