Shelby F. Russell v. David Proffitt

This appeal presents the question — one of first impression in this Court — whether the district court correctly held in this diversity action that a nonresident uninsured motor vehicle operator is barred under the Kentucky no-fault statute from recovering medical and hospital expenses in a personal injury action arising from an automobile accident on a Kentucky highway. We hold that the district court correctly so held. We affirm.

On December 7, 1982, Shelby F. Russell (appellant) commenced an action against David Proffitt (appellee) in the United States District Court for the Western…