JORDON v. CLOUGH


313 S.W.2d 581 (1958)

Shirleen JORDON, Suing by Her Father and Next Friend, Shirley Jordon, Appellant, v. Carr CLOUGH, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl F. Ashcraft, Ezart F. Ashcraft, Irvine, for appellant.

J. W. Knippenberg, Lexington, A. J. Deindoerfer, John C. Fogle and Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Louisville, Hunter Shumate, Irvine, on the brief, for appellee.


STEWART, Judge.

Plaintiff, Shirleen Jordon, age 14, suing by her father, Shirley Jordon, as next friend, sought to recover from defendant, Carr Clough, $50,516.80 as damages for personal injuries she allegedly sustained in an automobile accident. The trial judge directed a verdict for defendant at the conclusion of plaintiff's evidence. Plaintiff appeals, insisting a jury should have been allowed to pass on her claim.

Appellant, Shirleen Jordon, was struck...

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