NAPIER v. HURT


432 S.W.2d 43 (1968)

Boyd V. NAPIER, and Howard Lee Grigsby, Suing by His Mother and next Friend, Carrie Grigsby, Appellants, v. Glomon HURT, Cecil Hurt, Gladys Napier and Johnny Napier, Appellees and Cross-Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

September 27, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. W. Napier, Jr., Hazard, for appellants.

Reeves, Barret & Cooper, Hazard, for appellees and cross-appellants Glomon Hurt and Cecil Hurt.

Craft & Haynes, Hazard, for appellees and cross-appellants Gladys Napier and Johnny Napier.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Johnny Napier and Cecil Hurt, each driving a parent's automobile, engaged in a race along a mountainous highway. As well might have been expected, the race culminated in a smash-up. Boyd Napier and Howard Lee Grigsby, teen-age passengers in the Johnny Napier car, were injured. They sued Johnny and Cecil and the parental owners of the cars. Each plaintiff was awarded a verdict of $5,000. However, the defendants' motion for a new trial was sustained...

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