CINCINNATI, N. O. & T. P. R. CO. v. WRIGHT


549 S.W.2d 499 (1976)

The CINCINNATI, NEW ORLEANS & TEXAS PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Charles WRIGHT, by Lorna M. Wright, guardian and Lorna M. Wright, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied October 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. L. Vincent, Williamstown, Raymond R. Vincent, Florence, Vincent & Vincent, Williamstown, Bert T. Combs, Tarrant, Combs, Blackwell & Bullitt, Louisville, V. A. Bradley, Jr., Bradley & Bradley, Georgetown, Hugh O. Skees, Vincent & Skees, Florence, for appellant.

G. Wayne Bridges, Covington, Russel E. Lyons, Coshocton, Ohio, Asa M. Rouse, Walton, for appellees.


STEPHENSON, Justice.

A Boone Circuit Court jury awarded Charles Wright and his wife, Lorna M. Wright, $411,200 for injuries and for loss of consortium resulting from Wright's automobile colliding with a locomotive owned and operated by the appellant railroad company. The railroad company appeals from the judgment entered pursuant to the jury's verdict. We reverse.

The trial court submitted the case to the jury on instructions with interrogatory verdicts. The...

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