Legal Opinion
Dunning v. Kentucky Utilities Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided October 5, 1937PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion of the Court by
Stanley, Commissioner
Affirming.
While riding on a corn planter in a field near Princeton in the early afternoon of May 14, 1934, Gaston Dunning was struck by lightning and killed. The mules he was driving were also killed. Traversing the field was a highly charged electric transmission line owned and operated by the Kentucky Utilities Company. The suits of Dunning’s administrator and of his father, the owner of the mules, for resulting damages against the company, were tried together. The court overruled the motion of the defendant for a peremptory instruction at the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Sweeney v. ErvingSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. BeaucondCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
- Smith's Administratrix v. Middlesboro Electric Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
- Jeffress v. Virginia Railway & Power Co.Supreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Lewis' Adm'r v. Bowling Green Gas Light Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1909
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3Cited by18 opinions
- St. John's Hospital & School of Nursing, Inc. v. ChapmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1967
- Kentucky Power Company v. KilbournCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1957
- Estepp v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1951
- Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. O'NeillCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1954
- Stein v. Louisville Water Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1952
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