DENNEY v. BUCKEYE GAS PRODUCTS, INC.


695 S.W.2d 427 (1985)

Harold A. DENNEY, Executor of the Estate of Daniel Lee Denney, Deceased, Appellant, v. BUCKEYE GAS PRODUCTS, INC. and Walter O. Bishop, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Discretionary Review Denied and Opinion Ordered Published by Supreme Court September 18, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy N. Philpot, Anggelis & Philpot, Lexington, for appellant.

Nolan Carter, Jr., Ronald L. Green, Boehl, Stopher, Graves & Deindoerfer, Lexington, for appellees.

Before HAYES, C.J., and GUDGEL and HOWERTON, JJ.


HAYES, Chief Judge:

The sole question to be resolved in this appeal is whether the trial court correctly held the failure to introduce medical testimony as to cause of death is fatal to appellant's cause of action against appellees. We cannot say that under the facts of this case medical testimony would have provided anything more than speculation as to whether Daniel Denney was alive when he was struck by the truck driven by appellee Bishop.

Denney was a...

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