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PERKINS v. READ

616 S.W.2d 495 (1981)

Geneva Mae PERKINS, now Dyer, Movant, v. Charles Elbert READ and Charles Emery Read, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing June 16, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William P. Mulloy and F. Larkin Fore, Louisville, for movant.

Reford H. Coleman, Elizabethtown, James E. Bondurant, Hodgenville, for respondents.

CLAYTON, Justice.

On December 17, 1972, an automobile driven by Edwin Perkins collided head-on with an automobile operated by Charles Read and owned by his father. Both Perkins and his wife, Geneva, a passenger in the car, were seriously injured. Edwin Perkins subsequently died as a result of his injuries.

On April 8, 1973, Geneva Perkins filed a wrongful death action against the Reads in Larue Circuit Court. The complaint named Mrs. Perkins individually as...

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