Legal Opinion
Nissan Motor Co. v. Maddox
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided September 24, 2015No. 2013-SC-000685-DGPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
JUSTICE CUNNINGHAM
On June 6, 2009, Amanda Maddox (now Gifford) and her then-husband, Dwayne Maddox, were traveling in their 2001 Nissan Pathfinder along Highway 127 in Lincoln County, Kentucky. Dwayne was driving and Amanda was sitting in the front passenger seat. Their vehicle was hit, head on, by a drunk driver who was driving on the wrong side of the road. The drunk driver was not wearing his seatbelt and was killed on impact.
Dwayne and Amanda were wearing their seatbelts and their airbags deployed properly. Dwayne, who weighed 170 pounds, suffered a fractured foot…
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