CENTER v. LINKOUS


295 S.W.2d 567 (1956)

Rex CENTER, Appellant, v. Ellis LINKOUS, an Infant, etc., Appellee. Rex CENTER, Appellant. v. Raymond MOORE, an Infant, etc., Appellee. Rex CENTER, Appellant, v. Hobart SPAULDING, an Infant, etc., Appellee. Rex CENTER, Appellant, v. Jerold LINKOUS, an Infant, etc., Appellee. Rex CENTER, Appellant, v. George STAMPER, an Infant, etc., Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 9, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elmer Drake, Lexington, Everett L. Miller, Campton, for appellant.

Beverly P. White, Winchester, J. Douglas Graham, Campton, for appellee.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Five teen-age boys suffered severe burns in an explosion of liquefied petroleum gas which escaped from a large storage tank owned by one Rex Center. The boys recovered judgments against Center, upon jury verdicts, in the amounts of $50,000, $12,500, $4,000, $4,000, and $2,500, respectively. Center has appealed, asserting as his only ground of error the failure of the court to sustain his motions for directed verdict. He contends there was insufficient...

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