PHELPS v. LOUISVILLE WATER CO.

No. 2001-SC-0472-DG, 2001-SC-1051-DG.

103 S.W.3d 46 (2003)

Beverly K. PHELPS, Administrator of the Estate of Dannie Phelps, Jr.; and Lawrence M. Cason, Administrator of the Estate of Lawrence Michael Cason, Jr. Appellants/Cross-Appellees v. LOUISVILLE WATER COMPANY Appellee/Cross-Appellant

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

April 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. Thomas Conway, Michael D. Morris, Ronald P. Hillerich, Louisville, for Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

Donald L. Miller II, Christopher M. Mussler, Frost, Brown, Todd, LLC, Laura M. Haara, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, PLLC, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.


STUMBO, Justice.

Lawrence Michael Cason, Jr. and Dannie Phelps, II were killed on February 19, 1997, when the car they were riding in crashed into a flatbed trailer parked at a Louisville Water Company (LWC) work site on a closed street in Louisville. The estates of both decedents sued LWC for compensatory and punitive damages arising from the accident. A jury awarded a total of $176,361.64 in compensatory damages (after...

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