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LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY v. JOHNSON

282 S.W.2d 138 (1955)

LOUISVILLE GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY, Appellant, v. Ben J. JOHNSON, Suing Herein as Guardian for William Thomas Crook, an Infant, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 14, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Curtis, Louis Seelbach, B. Hudson Milner, Albert F. Reutlinger, Curtis & Curtis, Middleton, Seelbach, Wolford, Willis & Cochran, Louisville, for appellant.

Marvin Snyder, Louisville, for appellee.

CAMMACK, Justice.

This action was instituted on behalf of William Crook, an infant, to recover damages for injuries allegedly caused by the appellant's, Louisville Gas & Electric Company, negligent maintenance of an electric power line. The appeal is from a judgment for $40,000 in favor of the appellee. It is argued, inter alia, that the appellant was entitled to a directed verdict. Since we are in accord with that view, our discussion of the case will be confined...

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