Waddle v. Galen of Kentucky, Inc.

OPINION

JOHNSON, Judge.

Gerold Scott Waddle and Gilda Ditmer have appealed from an order entered by the Pulaski Circuit Court on September 17, 2002, which dismissed their vicarious liability claim against the appellee, Galen of Kentucky, Inc., d/b/a, Humana Hospital Lake Cumberland, Inc. (Cumberland), with prejudice. Having concluded that the trial court did not err by dismissing the appellants’ cause of action against Cumberland, we affirm.

At approximately 5:45 p.m. on June 1, 1992, Waddle was injured in a motorcycle accident in Casey County, Kentucky. Shortly thereafter, Waddle was taken to…