Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Kinman

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Miller

Affirming.

Where a married woman has been injured, can her husband maintain an action for the loss of the aid and service of her society, she having been compensated for her personal injuries and her physical pain and suffering?

While Neat Kinman and his wife, Nancy, were at appellant’s station at Sparta, Ky., awaiting the arrival of a passenger train that would convey them from Sparta to Elliston Station, a station truck was hit by a passing train and thrown against Mrs. Kinman, seriously injuring her. The proof tended strongly to show that her injuries were…