SAVAGE v. CO-PART OF CONNECTICUT, INC.

2021-SC-0163-DG 2021-SC-0167-DG.

671 S.W.3d 48 (2023)

Lauren SAVAGE, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of James Savage, Appellants v. CO-PART OF CONNECTICUT, INC. d/b/a Co-Part Auto Auctions; Tom Taylor; Daniel Bond; Willis Johnson; Paul Styer; William Franklin; Allstate Insurance Company; Property & Casualty Insurance Company of Hartford; Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company; Auto Usados Felix; Felix Ventura Barraza; Chapa, Inc.; Margarita Chapa; and Oscar Ramos, Appellees Co-Part of Connecticut, Inc d/b/a Co-Part Auto Auctions; Tom Taylor; Daniel Bond; Willis Johnson; Paul Styer; and William Franklin, Appellants v. Lauren Savage, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of James Savage, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

March 23, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL FOR APPELLANT: Richard M. Breen , G. Adam Redden , Louisville, Connor M. Breen , Richard Breen Law Offices, P.S.C.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEES, CO-PART OF CONNECTICUT, INC., TOM TAYLOR, DANNY BOND, WILLIS JOHNSON, WILLIAM FRANKLIN, and PAUL STYLER: Michael E. Hammond , J. Lacey Fiorella , Landrum & Shouse, LLP, Lexington.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE, PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD: R. Craig Reinhardt , Neal J. Manor , Reinhardt & Associates, PLC, Lexington.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY: Robert E. Stopher , Robert D. Bobrow , Boehl Stopher & Graves, LLP, Louisville.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE, OSCAR RAMOS: Edward H. Benjamin , Parrent & Oyler.

COUNSEL FOR APPELLEE, LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY: Charles H. Cassis , Prospect, Anthony R. Johnson , Goldberg Simpson, LLC.

APPELLEES: Margarita Chapa; Chapa, Inc.; Felix Ventura Barraza; and Autos, Usados Felix, Pro Se.

COUNSEL FOR AMICI, KENTUCKY DEFENSE COUNSEL: Valerie W. Herbert , Louisville, Travis Herbert & Stempien.

COUNSEL FOR AMICI, KENTUCKY JUSTICE ASSOCIATION: Jeffrey A. Roberts , Jeffrey Roberts Law.


This case arose out of a series of events in 2012 that culminated in the death of James Savage on I-65 near Louisville after he was thrown from his motorcycle and runover by Oscar Ramos. This case is before us on review from the Court of Appeals' sixty-nine-page opinion that ultimately remanded back to the...

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