Burnett v. Wilder

STEINFELD, Justice.

Appellant John Burnett was the owner and operator of a bus which regularly carried fare-paying members of the public as passengers between Brownies Creek and Pineville, Kentucky. Appellee Andrew Wilder, age 43 years, his 12-year-old son James, his 5-year-old son Andrew, Jr., and others were passengers on March 7, 1970, on a trip originating in Pineville. Wilder had ridden this bus many times. Enroute to Brownies Creek, Burnett stopped the bus on a driveway to his residence at the edge of the left-hand side of Brownies Creek road. He alighted from the bus, leaving open the…