Kavanaugh v. Myers' Adm'x

STEWART, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment ibased upon a verdict rendered in the Fayette Circuit Court, awarding appellee, plaintiff below, $5000 damages against appellants, Michael Kavanaugh and Dr. Charles N. Kavanaugh, for the death of her son, Kenneth Lee Myers, in an automobile accident. Dr. Charles N. Kavanaugh, the father of Michael Kavanaugh, was made a party hereto under the family purpose doctrine.

Appellants seek a reversal upon the sole ground that appellee’s son was contribu-torily negligent as a matter of law on the occasion complained of.

The pertinent facts are these: The…