TOOKE v. ADKINS


418 S.W.2d 220 (1967)

Mrs. Emma TOOKE, Mother and Next Friend for Winston Delano Tooke, and Emma Tooke, Individually, Appellants, v. Omer D. ADKINS, Appellee and Cross-Appellant, and Frank Haddad, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Gladys Mae Adkins, Deceased, Appellee and Cross-Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hughes & Gregory, Murray, Waller, Threlkeld & Whitlow, Paducah, for appellants.

Joseph E. Fineman, Louisville, Johnstone & Eldred, Princeton, for appellee and cross-appellant, Omer D. Adkins.

Herman E. Frick, Louisville, for appellee and cross-appellant Frank Haddad, Jr.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

At a highway intersection Omer D. Adkins, with his wife as a passenger, drove his automobile into the path of an oncoming automobile owned by Emma Tooke and being driven by her son Winston. In the resulting collision Mrs. Adkins was killed, Mr. Adkins and Winston were injured, and both automobiles were damaged.

The Tookes sued Mr. Adkins. He counterclaimed. The administrator of the estate of Mrs. Adkins intervened and asserted a claim...

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