Kentucky Transport Corp. v. Woodward

CULLEN, Commissioner.

Mrs. Ruby Woodward recovered judgment against the Kentucky Transport Corporation, in the amount of $35,000, for personal injuries sustained in a collision between a truck owned by the corporation and an automobile in which Mrs. Woodward was riding as a passenger. The jury found that the truck driver and the driver of the automobile (Mrs. Woodward’s husband) both were negligent.

The trucking company appeals, claiming that it was entitled to a directed verdict in its favor.

The automobile, going north, collided with the truck, going south, on U. S. -Highway 31 E a short…