Legal Opinion
Probus v. Sirles
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided October 13, 1978PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOGGE, Judge.
Perry and Mary Probus appeal from an order of the Jefferson Circuit Court dismissing their complaint against the appel-lee, Joseph Sirles, in which they had sought damages for personal injuries resulting from an automobile accident. The ground for the order was that the Probuses were precluded from maintaining a suit for common law negligence by the provisions of the Motor Vehicle Reparations Act. Neither Perry nor Mary had rejected the Act’s limitation on their tort rights, as permitted by KRS 304.39-060(4), and it was, and is now, alleged that Perry and Mary are therefore bound…
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