SALLEE v. GTE SOUTH, INC.

No. 91-SC-971-DG.

839 S.W.2d 277 (1992)

Phillip SALLEE and Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, Movants, v. GTE SOUTH, INC. and Triple D. Communications, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

October 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Guthrie, Margaret Kannensohn, Lexington, for movant, Sallee.

Barbara Ann Kriz, Lexington, for movant, Lexington-Fayette Urban Gov't.

Benjamin P. Hicks, Lexington, for respondents.


LEIBSON, Justice.

This case requires us to revisit the parameters of the so-called "Fireman's Rule" (henceforth, Firefighter's Rule) as articulated in Buren v. Midwest Indus., Inc., Ky., 380 S.W.2d 96 (1964) and Hawkins v. Sunmark Indus., Inc., Ky., 727 S.W.2d 397 (1986).

Movant, Phillip Sallee, a paramedic for the Lexington-Fayette...

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