Legal Opinion

Belcher v. Travelers Indemnity Co.

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided December 17, 1987No. 87-SC-327-DGPublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

STEPHENSON, Justice.

Allen Belcher was injured in a chain reaction accident on 1-75 at Clay’s Ferry Bridge in Fayette County. An unidentified car, two vehicles in front of Belcher, came to a complete stop on the bridge. Belcher, the vehicle in front of him, and the two behind him likewise stopped. A tractor trailer rig which was three vehicles behind Belcher, however, struck the car in front of it. This caused a chain reaction collision between all the vehicles except the one which initially stopped on the bridge. None of the cars listed in the accident report, including Belcher’s, ever came…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Jett v. DoeKentucky Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Forbes v. City of AshlandCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1932
  3. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. MitchellKentucky Supreme Court · 1977

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Streitweiser v. Middlesex Mutual Assurance Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
  2. Chaffin v. Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance CompaniesKentucky Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Masler v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 1995
  4. Elkins v. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 1992
  5. Burton v. Farm Bureau Insurance Co.Kentucky Supreme Court · 2003

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