Kepner v. Western Fire Insurance Company

KRUCKER, Chief Judge.

On February 28, 1966, Walter Kepner, then four years old, suffered a severe laceration of the skull arid the brain from an open' power saw. The injury occurred upon the premises of Harry and Velma Kepner, the child’s grandparents, while Walter was being cared for by his grandmother, Velma Kepner, so that his father, James Kepner, could work in the grandfather’s swimming pool service business. At the time of the injury the saw was being operated by an employee of Harry Kepner, Edward Jamison.

A complaint was filed by the child’s parents in his behalf seeking to recover from…