Dix & Associates Pipeline Contractors, Inc. v. Key

VANCE, Justice.

We granted transfer of this case from the Court of Appeals to consider whether a conflict exists between the opinions of this court in Nix v. Jordan, Ky., 532 S.W.2d 762 (1975), and Burrell v. Elec. Plant Bd. of Franklin, Ky., Ky., 676 S.W.2d 231 (1984), and the decisions of this court in Hilen v. Hays, Ky., 673 S.W.2d 713 (1984); Prudential Life Ins. Co. v. Moody, Ky., 696 S.W.2d 503 (1985); Floyd v. Carlisle Const. Co., Inc., Ky., 758 S.W.2d 430 (1988); and Stratton v. Parker, Ky., 793 S.W.2d 817 (1990).

On April 8, 1985, Mason Cornelius; an employee of Dix & Associates…