Shepherd v. Suburban Motor Freight, Inc.

WEST, Judge.

This is an appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of the appel-lees in appellant’s action pursuant to KRS 411.150. That statute allows a child under the age of eighteen (18) to bring an action against a person who by “careless, wanton, or malicious use of a deadly weapon” causes the death of the child’s parent.

The appellant, Ronald Clark Shepherd, is the minor son of Jane Shepherd Purcell. Mrs. Purcell was killed in a motor vehicle collision when her automobile struck a tractor trailer stopped in either one (1) or both of the right lanes of traffic of 1-64. The…