Jones v. Commonwealth, Department of Highways

STEINFELD, Justice.

A referee of the Board of Claims denied recovery to appellant George D. Jones, administrator of the estate of Elizabeth Jones, deceased, on his claim against the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Department of Highways, for the wrongful death of Elizabeth Jones. The full Board of Claims and the circuit court affirmed; hence this appeal. We reverse.

Mrs. Jones was killed on January 17, 1968, while operating her motor vehicle eastwardly on Versailles Road, in Fayette County, in the area of the Ft. Springs bridge. A patch of ice was located in the lane in which Mrs. Jones was…