St. Matthews Cab Corp. v. Russell

CLAY, Commissioner.

In this automobile accident case the trial court directed a verdict for the plaintiff ap-pellee on the issue of liability, and the jury awarded her $8,491. The controlling question on this appeal is whether the directed verdict was proper.

One afternoon the plaintiff’s and the defendants’ passenger vehicles were proceeding in the same direction in the right curb lane on Bardstown Road in Louisville. The plaintiff’s car was ahead and had been followed by the defendant driver for several blocks. The plaintiff was proceeding slowly, looking for an address about which she was…