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HERCULES POWDER COMPANY v. HICKS

453 S.W.2d 583 (1970)

HERCULES POWDER COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. Jackson HICKS and Raymond Cox, Appellees. Jackson HICKS and Raymond Cox, Cross-Appellants, v. HERCULES POWDER COMPANY et al., Cross-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 5, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest C. Pepples, Jr., Wyatt, Grafton & Sloss, Frank W. Burke, J. W. Hottell, Arthur W. Grafton and Edgar A. Zingman, Louisville, for appellant Hercules Powder Co.; Laurence H. Eldredge, Philadelphia, Pa., of counsel.

Joseph Davis, Louisville, for appellees.

DAVIS, Commissioner.

Jackson Hicks and Raymond Cox, plaintiffs in the trial court, obtained verdicts and judgments of $120,000 and $200,000, respectively, for personal injuries they suffered when an explosion occurred in a ditch where they were working. The judgments were against appellants, Hercules Powder Company; Rose A. Herbert, Executrix of E. T. Herbert, and Explosives Supply, Inc., jointly and severally. The defendants at trial are the appellants who present...

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