Legal Opinion

Coleman v. Staples

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided October 24, 1969PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PALMORE, Judge.

Mrs. Bethel R. Coleman was injured in a head-on collision between her automobile and an automobile owned by Billy Staples and driven by James Rushing. Her suit against Staples and Rushing resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendants, from which she brings this appeal.

The accident happened on Palatka Road in Louisville, Kentucky, between 5:00 and 6:00 P.M. on a rainy day in July of 1966. Mrs. Coleman was alone and was driving her Chevrolet in an easterly direction. Rushing, accompanied by Staples and another companion, Harvey Lucas, was driving Staples’ Pontiac in the…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Louis Samuel Cotton v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  2. Stark's Adm'x v. Herndon's Adm'rCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
  3. Yellow Poplar Lumber Co. v. BartleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  4. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. KendleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1915
  5. Smith v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1941

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. KatchmerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  2. Manns v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2002
  3. R.S. v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2014
  4. In re Extension of Boundaries of Glaize Creek Sewer District of Jefferson CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1978
  5. Phelps v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2004

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