Aetna Oil Co. v. Metcalf

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sims

Reversing.

On the afternoon of May 26, 1942, Edward E. Met-calf, a Lieutenant on the Louisville Police Force, was standing- on the south side of Market Street conferring on official business with brother officers seated in a police car. While he was so engaged, a three-quarter inch pipe fell from a passing truck belonging to the Aetna Oil Company which struck him on the back of his head and rendered him unconscious. Metcalf brought suit against the Company to recover $25,000 for his personal injuries and $300 for doctors’ and medical bills. The trial resulted…