KEENER v. JACK COLE TRUCKING COMPANY

Civ. A. Nos. 4644, 4716.

233 F.Supp. 181 (1964)

Betty Jean KEENER, Plaintiff, v. JACK COLE TRUCKING COMPANY, Grady F. Brown, and Wilbur G. Keener, Defendants. Robert R. MILLER, Administrator of the Estate of Henry Earl Agent, deceased, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES of America and Jack Cole Company, a Corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Kentucky, at Louisville.

August 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin O. Davis, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff Betty Jean Keener.

Charles E. Duncan, Louisville, Ky., for plaintiff Robert R. Miller.

Norman A. Curtis, Louisville, Ky., for defendant Jack Cole Co.

Victor Ewen, Louisville, Ky., for defendant Wilbur G. Keener.

William E. Scent, U. S. Atty., John E. Stout, Asst. U. S. Atty., Louisville, Ky., for defendant United States.


BROOKS, Chief Judge.

This case is submitted on defendant United States' motion for summary judgment filed pursuant to Rule 56 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. That motion is based on defendant's claim that Sfc. Keener was not acting within the scope of his employment (i. e., in the "line of duty") at the time of accident.

The facts of this case relevant to the pending motion are as follows: On April 16, 1963, Sfc. Keener left the Army depot at Lexington...

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