Legal Opinion

Buskirk v. Caudill

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided December 20, 1918PublishedCited by 2 opinions

Appeal from Breathitt Circuit Court.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion oe the Court by

William Rogers Clay, Commissioner

Overruling petition for rehearing. ■

Under the master and servant rule prevailing in this state, an inferior employe is not a fellow servant of a superior employe, L. & N. R. R. Co. v. Brown, 127 Ky. 732, 106 S. W. 795, 13 L. R. A. (N. S.) 1135; Milton’s Admr. v. Frankfort & V. Traction Co., 139 Ky. 53, 129 S. W. 322, and while the master is not liable for a mere injury to an inferior employe, caused by the negligence of a superior employe, unless the negligence of the latter be gross, yet if death result the master is liable even though…

2Cases cited7 opinions

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. v. WhiteakerSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
Louisville & N. R. R. v. BrownCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1908
Illinois Central Railroad v. Outland's AdministratrixCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
Milton's Admx v. Frankfort & Versailles Traction Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
Linck's Administrator v. Louisville & Nashville R. R.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1899

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3Cited by2 opinions

Illinois Cent. R. Co. v. Applegate's Adm'xCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
McDonald v. Louisville Nashville Railroad Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1930