Legal Opinion
Estes v. Gibson
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided May 1, 1953PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STANLEY, Commissioner.
■ The.case is of' first impression in this court. The question is whether a parent who purchased an automobile for an adult son, known by her. to be an inebriate and drug addict, may be held answerable in damages to a third person injured by the son’s negligent operation of the car. The claim of liability is predicated upon the principle of legal responsibility for entrusting an automobile, as a potentially dangerous instrumentality, to an incompetent driver.
*605The petition against the appellee, Mrs. Wade H. Gibson, and her son, Wm. P. Tin-sley, charges that he negligently…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Rounds, Admr. v. PhillipsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1934
- Golembe v. BlumbergAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1941
- Brady v. B. and B. Ice CompanyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1931
- Shipp v. DavisAlabama Court of Appeals · 1932
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Rush v. SmithermanCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1956
- Kahlenberg v. GoldsteinCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1981
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- Broadwater v. DorseyCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1997
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