Worrix v. Rowe

DAVIS, Commissioner.

On August 24, 1965, about 7:45 p. m., an automobile driven by Robert Worrix struck and killed three-year-old Clinton Gregory Rowe and injured his mother, Glenda Kay Rowe. The tragic accident occurred on U. S. Highway 460 about eight miles south of Pikeville in the community known as Garden Village. The jury’s verdict was in the sum of $9,750 for the estate of the child and in a like amount for the personal injuries and expenses of Mrs. Rowe. The only issue presented on the appeal is whether the defendant-appellant was entitled to a directed verdict.

Treating U. S. 460 as…