Thomas v. Gates

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Thea Joyce Thomas, a seven-year-old child, was severely injured when struck by an automobile driven by Eddie Gene Gates, while she was undertaking to cross a street in the outskirts of the city of Paris, Kentucky. Actions were brought against Gates to recover for her personal injuries and for the damages incurred by her parents. Upon a consolidated trial the jury returned a verdict for the defendant. Judgment was entered dismissing the actions, from which judgment the plaintiffs have appealed, claiming error in the refusal of the court to permit portions of a deposition…