Legal Opinion
Phelps v. Louisville Water Co.
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided April 24, 2003No. 2001-SC-0472-DG, 2001-SC-1051-DGPublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*49STUMBO, Justice.
Lawrence Michael Cason, Jr. and Dannie Phelps, II were killed on February 19, 1997, when the ear they were riding in crashed into a flatbed trailer parked at a Louisville Water Company (LWC) work site on a closed street in Louisville. The estates of both decedents sued LWC for compensatory and punitive damages arising from the accident. A jury awarded a total of $176,361.64 in compensatory damages (after apportioning for relative fault) and $2,000,000 in punitive damages against LWC. The Court of Appeals held that LWC was an agency of the City of Louisville, and as such, fell…
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