Cooke v. Board of Claims

COMBS, Judge.

This appeal is from the Jefferson Circuit Court which affirmed the decision of the Kentucky Board of Claims. The appeal is before this Court on an agreed statement of the case, and involves a solitary question *33of law. The case is one of first impression in this Commonwealth.

Appellant, Tamela Renee Cooke, was injured when the automobile she was driving slammed into the rear of appellee’s dump truck which was parked on the roadway. She filed a claim against the Commonwealth’s treasury pursuant to KRS Chapter 44. The Board of Claims found that appellee Transportation Cabinet, had…