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COM., TRANSP. CABINET, BUREAU OF HIGHWAYS v. ROOF

Nos. 93-SC-112-DG, 93-SC-698-DG.

913 S.W.2d 322 (1996)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, TRANSPORTATION CABINET, BUREAU OF HIGHWAYS, Appellant, v. Teresa Lynn ROOF, et al., Appellees. Teresa Lynn ROOF, By and Through Her Next Friend and Natural Father, Billy ROOF, Cross-Appellant/Appellee, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, TRANSPORTATION CABINET, DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS and Board of Claims, Cross-Appellees/Appellants.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

January 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale M. Morris, Transportation Cabinet, Bureau of Highways, Elizabethtown, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

Kim F. Quick, Collier, Arnett, Quick & Coleman, Elizabethtown, Kenneth F. Smart, Leitchfield, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

OPINION OF THE COURT

On June 6, 1987, appellee/cross-appellant Teresa Lynn Roof lost control of her vehicle while crossing a bridge in Grayson County, Kentucky. Although the speed limit on that particular roadway was fifty-five miles per hour, Roof had slowed to around twenty miles per hour at the time her tires left the road's shoulder. On the bridge, her car struck the retaining guardrail which gave way with little resistance, allowing Roof's car to fall ten feet...

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