Lee v. Farmer's Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.

OPINION

DIXON, Judge.

Appellant, Mary Lee, appeals from an order of the Barren Circuit Court granting summary judgment in favor of Appellee, Farmer’s Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation (“FRECC”), in this wrongful death action. Because we conclude that the trial court erred in finding that no duty-existed as a matter of law, we reverse and remand the matter for further proceedings.

On October 16, 2003, Ricky Lee accompanied Stanley Thompson on a local flight aboard a Cessna aircraft that departed the Vine Grove Airport in Hardin County, Kentucky. The two men took off from the airport around…