Legal Opinion
Kentucky Utilities Co. v. Jackson County Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided December 13, 1968PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Commissioner.
In this action appellants (Kentucky Utilities Company and its liability insurance carrier, hereinafter KU) are seeking indemnity against appellee (Jackson County Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation, hereinafter Jackson) to recoup an outlay' of $58,324.26, which appellants expended in settlement of a wrongful-death action prosecuted by the personal representative of Kenneth L. Norris. The trial court entered summary judgment denying the claim on the theory that appellee, as the employer of Norris, is insulated against the claim of appellants by reason of the…
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