LESLIE FOUR COAL COMPANY v. SIMPSON


333 S.W.2d 498 (1960)

LESLIE FOUR COAL COMPANY, Appellant, v. Robert SIMPSON, Infant, by His Next Friend, Mrs. A. M. Simpson, Mother, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 18, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Greene, Jr., Glenn L. Greene, Jr., James Sampson, Harlan, for appellant.

Hiram Brock, Jr., H. M. Brock, Sr., James C. Brock, Harlan, for appellee.


STEWART, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of $5,500 awarded, without the intervention of a jury, to Robert Simpson, a seventeen-year-old infant. The judgment was the outgrowth of a suit in behalf of the latter instituted by his mother, Mrs. A. M. Simpson, as his next friend, against Leslie Four Coal Company for damages, it being averred in the complaint the company's negligence caused the youth to lose his left hand. In this appeal a reversal is urged on the...

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