Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Graham

WILLIAMS, Judge.

The appellees filed an action for damages before the Board of Claims against the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways. The Board of Claims dismissed appellees’ claim but upon appeal the Taylor Circuit Court ruled that the board’s finding of fact did not support the dismissal. Motion for appeal was sustained in this court.

The Department of Highways was transporting a bulldozer loaded on a lowboy trailer through the city of Campbells-ville. The driver discovered he had taken the wrong road and attempted to turn the vehicle around and proceed in the opposite…