Whittaker v. Thornberry

Opinion op the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner—

Reversing.

The appeal is from a judgment for $8,000 for personal injuries sustained by Roy Thornberry when, as he claims, he was struck by a bus of the appellants, Ray T. Whittaker, and another, partners doing business as “Blue Motor Coach,” on the southeast corner of Liberty and Floyd Streets, in Louisville, on Sunday afternoon, January 6, 1946.

• The evidence of the plaintiff, supported by several witnesses, was that the bus was driven up Liberty Street at a rapid speed and, without the driver exercising due care, struck the plaintiff as he was…