Horn v. Horn

CLAYTON, Justice.

On November 4, 1979, Todd Horn, then fifteen years of age, was seriously injured when a truck driven by Pat Bruce and owned by Don Bruce struck Todd’s motorbike on Kentucky Highway 527 in Taylor County, Kentucky. Todd and his father, Morris Horn, had just unloaded some hogs at their barn that night when Mr. Horn asked Todd if he was going to ride his off-the-road bike down the quarter-mile stretch of highway to their home. After Todd indicated he was, Mr. Horn told Todd that he would follow closely behind in his truck to protect Todd from highway traffic. Todd’s trail bike…