RATLIFF v. BIG SANDY COMPANY


389 S.W.2d 911 (1965)

Ruth Coleman RATLIFF, Administratrix of the Estate of Lawson Ratliff, Deceased, Appellant, v. BIG SANDY COMPANY et al., Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

April 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dan Jack Combs, Ronald W. May, Pikeville, for appellant.

Francis M. Burke, Pikeville, for Conway Drilling Co.

William J. Baird, Pikeville, for Big Sandy Co.

Edward R. Hays, Pikeville, for Ratliff Elkhorn Coal Co. and Ratliff Coal Co.


DAVIS, Commissioner.

Lawson Ratliff was killed by a landslide along a private roadway near the mouth of a coal mine where he worked. The appellant, as his administratrix, filed this wrongful death action, and appeals from the judgment below which dismissed her complaint after a pre-trial statement by her counsel of the facts proposed to be proven.

The fundamental bases upon which appellant rests her case are (1...

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