COOPER v. RISLEY


253 S.W.2d 615 (1952)

COOPER v. RISLEY.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 19, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Anderson and E. B. Anderson, Owensboro, Harry G. Black, Hawesville, for appellant.

H. Randolph Kramer, Owensboro, for appellee.


COMBS, Justice.

Albert G. Cooper was accidentally killed in the course of his employment at a coal stripping operation. In a suit for damages by the administratrix of his estate the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. The only question presented on the appeal is whether the court erred in giving an instruction on assumed risk.

The mine was owned and operated by Cooper's employer, L. R. Chapman. The coal was hauled from the mine by truck by the defendant...

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