DUTY v. DOTSON

No. 18610.

406 F.2d 816 (1969)

Bertha DUTY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George W. DOTSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean L. Auxier, Pikeville, Ky., for appellant; Herbert Deskins, Jr., Pikeville, Ky., on brief.

Jack T. Page, Pikeville, Ky., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, EDWARDS and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Mrs. Bertha Duty, appellee herein, was injured when a log fell on a car in which she was a passenger as it drove along a Kentucky highway. The log had been cut on a steep hillside by two employees of the Dotson Coal Company, a sole proprietorship.

This action was brought against George Walker Dotson on the theory that he owned the coal company, was the employer of the two men who cut the log and was liable under the doctrine of respondent superior...

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