Carlson v. McElroy

HAYES, Judge.

Addie Carlson was sitting in her automobile which was parked in the parking lot on the Western Kentucky University campus in Bowling Green. Mary McElroy, operating an automobile owned by her mother Regina McElroy, negligently drove her automobile into the rear of the Carlson car. The fact that the accident was due to the negligence of Mary McElroy is not disputed.

There was evidence introduced that the McElroy car was travelling at about five miles per hour (5 m. p. h.) at impact; that the collision was merely a “bump” which did not move the Carlson auto, which was driven from the…