Louisville Gas & Electric Co. v. Johnson

CAMMACK, Justice.

This action was instituted on behalf of William Crook, an infant, to recover damages for injuries allegedly caused by the appellant’s, ■ Louisville Gas & Electric Company, negligent maintenance of an electric power line. The appeal is from a judgment for $40,000 in favor of the ap-pellee. It is argued, inter alia, that the appellant was entitled to a directed verdict. Since we are in accord with that view, our discussion of the case will be confined to that question.

The Louisville and Jefferson County Children’s Home, an independent City-County governmental agency, maintains…