Everman v. Miller

WHITE, Judge.

On May 20, 1975, appellant was injured in an automobile accident allegedly caused by appellees’ negligence. The complaint was filed September 14, 1976, nearly sixteen months after the accident. This appeal is from an order dismissing that complaint for failure to have met a timely filing date under the one-year statute of limitation created by KRS 413.140 covering general tort actions. Appellant argues that KRS 304.-39-230(6), effective July 1, 1975, under the new Kentucky Motor Vehicle Reparations (“No Fault”) Act, established a two-year statute of limitation for tort claims…