NANTZ v. LEXINGTON LINCOLN MERCURY SUBARU

Nos. 95-SC-455-DG, 95-SC-449-DG.

947 S.W.2d 36 (1997)

Patricia NANTZ, Appellant, v. LEXINGTON LINCOLN MERCURY SUBARU; Universal Underwriters Insurance Company; Delbert Roberts, d/b/a Roberts Used Cars; and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellees. Jimmy D. SMITH and Daniel Smith, Appellants, v. LEXINGTON LINCOLN MERCURY SUBARU; Universal Underwriters Insurance Company; Delbert Roberts, d/b/a Roberts Used Cars; and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

June 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asa P. Gullett, III, Teresa G. Combs Reed, Hazard, Edmond Collett, P.S.C., Kenneth A. Buckle, Hyden, for Patricia Nantz.

McKinnley Morgan, Hyden, for Jimmy D. Smith and Daniel Smith.

William A. Watson, P.S.C., Middlesboro, for Lexington Lincoln Mercury Subaru and Universal Underwriters Insurance Co.

Martha L. Brown, Farmer, Farmer, Kelley and Brown, London, for Delbert Roberts and Liberty Mutual Insurance Company.

William J. Kathman, Jr., E. Andre Busald, Busald, Funk, Zevely, P.S.C., Florence, for Amicus Curiae, Kentucky Academy of Trial Attorneys.

Dandridge F. Walton, David H. Vance, Day, Smith, Walton & Durham, Frankfort, for Amicus Curiae, Kentucky Automobile Dealers Association.


OPINION

STEPHENS, Chief Justice.

This appeal arises from a decision of the Court of Appeals which affirmed the Leslie Circuit Court's granting of a summary judgment in favor of the appellees herein. The central issue in the present case focuses on when title to a motor vehicle passes from a commercial car dealer to a buyer under Kentucky's titling and registration statutes, KRS 186A.010, et seq., for the purpose of determining liability insurance...

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