LAWSON v. BURNETT


471 S.W.2d 726 (1971)

Eugene LAWSON, Individually, et al., Appellants, v. John BURNETT, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

October 15, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Boyd F. Taylor, Hamm, Taylor, Milby & Farmer, London, for appellants.

G. G. Teague, Jr., J. B. Johnson, Jr., and William Cox, Jr., Johnson, Teague & Cox, Williamsburg, for appellee.


STEINFELD, Judge.

Appellant, Eugene Lawson, individually and as administrator of the estate of his wife, sought damages from John Burnett, Ulys Lawson and Charlie Louis Lawson for the wrongful death of his wife under KRS 411.130 and for personal injuries to himself. That statute authorizes the personal representative of one whose death "* * * results from an injury inflicted by the negligence or wrongful act of another * * *" to recover damages. It provides how the...

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