Legal Opinion
Travelers Insurance Co. v. Hawks
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided December 13, 1974PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES PARK, Jr., Special Commissioner.
On December 12, 1967, while employed by the General Electric Company, the plaintiff-appellee, Fred T. Hawks, was struck in the right eye by a broken spring from an automatic grinder. For an extended pe*741riod of time, Hawks received medical treatment which attempted to restore vision to the injured eye. However, Hawks was discharged on December 21, 1970, with an uncorrected loss of visual acuity of ninety percent in the right eye. It is undisputed that Hawks sustained the loss of use of sight in his right eye at the time of the accident on December 12, 1967,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Travelers' Insurance Company v. TurnerCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Gardner v. Freystown Mutual Fire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
- Home Insurance v. RollCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
- Edwards v. Equitable Life Assur. Soc. of United StatesCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1944
- Prudential Insurance Co. v. CoxCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Jean Hale, of the Estate of Bennett Reynolds, Deceased v. Life Insurance Company of North AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- Conner v. Shelter Mutual InsuranceDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1984