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Commonwealth, Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways v. Babbitt

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided September 22, 2005No. 2003-SC-0556-DG, 2003-SC-0586-DGPublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Justice COOPER.

These two appeals are from separate decisions of the Board of Claims, KRS 44.070, et seq., denying claims for damages allegedly caused by the Transportation Cabinet’s failure to provide warnings and/or erect guardrails at the scenes of two different single-vehicle accidents. In each case, the Board concluded that the negligence of the vehicle’s operator was the sole cause of the accident without addressing whether any negligence on the part of the Cabinet was a contributing cause of the damages sustained because of the accident. In the Babbitt case, the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. City of Ludlow v. AlbersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
  2. Watkins' Administrator v. City of CatlettsburgCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
  3. Donegan v. DenneyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1970
  4. Commonwealth, Department of Highways v. Automobile Club Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1971
  5. City of Catlettsburg v. Sutherland's AdministratorCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1933

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Pile v. City of BrandenburgKentucky Supreme Court · 2007
  2. Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. RobersonKentucky Supreme Court · 2006
  3. Bertrand v. Mystic Granite & Marble, Inc.Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2015
  4. Commonwealth, Transportation Cabinet, Department of Highways v. GuffeyKentucky Supreme Court · 2008
  5. Carney v. GaltCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2017

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