Ratliff v. Line

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Hubert Lee Line recovered judgment against Curtis Leon Ratliff on a jury verdict in the amount of $72,000 as damages for alleged personal injuries sustained in a collision between an automobile driven by Line and a truck driven by Ratliff. Appealing from that judgment, Ratliff asserts several grounds of error, among which is the admission of prejudicial, irrelevant evidence. We are reversing the judgment on that ground.

The accident occurred before daylight on a foggy December morning on the Kentucky Turnpike, which is a four-lane highway with two northbound lanes and two…