COMMONWEALTH, DEPT. OF HIGHWAYS v. CARDWELL


409 S.W.2d 304 (1966)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Ada CARDWELL, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Frances GREER, Appellee. (Consolidated Cases)

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

November 11, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Matthews, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, William A. Lamkin, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Frankfort, John J. Blackburn, Department of Highways, Covington, C. Dant Kearns, Department of Highways, Louisville, Raleigh O. Jones, Glenn McDonald, Department of Highways, Louisville, for appellant.

S. Lloyd Cardwell, Robert G. Breetz, Stites, Peabody & Helm, Louisville, for appellees.


DAVIS, Commissioner.

Appellees, Frances Greer and Ada Cardwell, were awarded damages against appellee, Department of Highways, in their claims filed in the Board of Claims. The Department appealed to the circuit court, and for purposes of this opinion, we will regard the awards as affirmed by the circuit court. (Certain modifications in the amounts of the awards were made in circuit court, but the modifications are not involved here.)

The appellees were injured...

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